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Petar Čule
Petar Čule (18 February 1898 – 29 July 1985) was a Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Herzegovinian Croat prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the List of Roman Catholic bishops of Mostar-Duvno, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Mostar-Duvno, Mostar-Duvno and of Roman Catholic Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan, apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1942 until his retirement in 1980. After his retirement, he was named titular archbishop of Bir-Mecherga, Giufi in present-day Tunisia. Serving as bishop during World War II, Čule was an opponent of the Ustaše regime in the Independent State of Croatia, helping to save the persecuted Serbs and political dissidents. Imprisoned under false accusations by the communists in 1948 and released only in 1955, he was also a political victim of Persecution of Christians in the Eastern Bloc, communist political persecution. Čule, a sickly child from a well-to-do family, was born in the village of Kruševo near Mostar. A notable stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Reverend
The Most Reverend (abbreviated as The Most Revd or The Most Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian clergy and Christian minister, ministers. It is a variant of the more common style "The Reverend". Catholic In the Catholic Church, two different systems may be found. In most countries, all bishops are styled "The Most Reverend", as well as monsignors of the rank of protonotary apostolic ''de numero''. In the United Kingdom, only archbishops bear the style "The Most Reverend", with other bishops styled "The Right Reverend". By custom, this title is used for the Minister general, ministers general of the various branches of the Order of Friars Minor as well as of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. Eastern Orthodox In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox tradition, archbishops under the Ecumenical Patriarchate (those who are not the Primate (bishop), primates of autocephalous churches) and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Široki Brijeg
Široki Brijeg () is a city and the regional capital of West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. the town itself had a population of 6,149 and the municipality of 28,929. Name Široki Brijeg means 'wide hill' in Croatian. It is sometimes called Široki Brig or Široki ('wide'). From 1952 until October 16, 1992, the town was officially called ''Lištica'' after the river that runs through it. Geography The town is from Mostar, from Međugorje, and from the Adriatic coast ( Ploče). The Široki Brijeg Municipality today numbers around 30,000 people, and the town itself about 13,000. The area of the municipality amounts to . The center of town is at above sea level, while its area is known as "lower Herzegovina". Almost the entire northern part of the municipality itself, however, belongs to "high Herzegovina", the highest point being the ''Bile stine'' ("White Rocks") near Donji Crnač. Climate Širo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljuti Dolac
Ljuti Dolac () is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg () is a city and the regional capital of West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. the town itself had a population of 6,149 and the municipality of 28,929. Name .... Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 1,479. References Populated places in Široki Brijeg {{WestHerzegovinaCanton-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kruševo
Kruševo ( ; "Crușuva") is a town in North Macedonia. In Macedonian language, Macedonian the name means the 'place of pear trees'. It is the highest town in North Macedonia and one of the highest in the Balkans, situated at an altitude of over 1350 m (4429 feet) above sea level. The town of Kruševo is the seat of Kruševo Municipality. It is located in the western part of the country, overlooking the region of Pelagonia, 33 and 53 km from the nearby cities of Prilep and Bitola, respectively. Etymology The name Kruševo has semantic development of "pear" that occurs in the Slavic languages, Slavic parallel ''gruša'', ''kruša'' "pear, pear tree" < *''grušiti'', *''krušiti''"to crumble, to break", and also in the Indo-European languages, Indo-European parallel *''peisom'' "pear" < *''peis-''. The name of the town in other Balkan languages is: * * * () or () * * or History Medieval Initially part of the Byzantine Empire, the area was ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persecution Of Christians In The Eastern Bloc
After the October Revolution, there was a movement within the Soviet Union to unite all of the people of the world under communist rule known as world communism. Communism as interpreted by Vladimir Lenin and his successors in the Soviet government included the abolition of religion and to this effect the Soviet government launched a long-running unofficial campaign to eliminate religion from society. Since some of these Slavic states tied their ethnic heritage to their ethnic churches, both the peoples and their churches were targeted by the Soviets. Across Eastern Europe following World War II, parts of the former Nazi Germany liberated by the Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans became one-party communist states and the project of coercive conversion to atheism continued. The Soviet Union ended its war time truce against the Russian Orthodox Church, and extended its persecutions to the newly communist Eastern bloc. While the churches were generally not as severely treated as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustaše
The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement (). From its inception and before the World War II, Second World War, the organization engaged in a series of terrorist activities against the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, including collaborating with Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, IMRO to assassinate King Alexander I of Yugoslavia#Assassination of Alexander I, Alexander I of Yugoslavia in 1934.The Assassination of Europe, 1918-1942: A Political History, Howard M. Sachar, University of Toronto Press, 2014, , pp. 251–258. During World War II in Yugoslavia, the Ustaše went on to perpetrate The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia, the Holocaust and genocide against its Jews, Jewish, Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia, Serb and Romani Holoca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares maritime borders with Italy through the islands of Sicily and Sardinia to the north and Malta to the east. It features the archaeological sites of Carthage dating back to the 9th century BC, as well as the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Known for its ancient architecture, Souks of Tunis, souks, and blue coasts, it covers , and has a population of 12.1 million. It contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert; much of its remaining territory is arable land. Its of coastline includes the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin. Tunisia is home to Africa's northernmost point, Cape Angela. Located on the northeastern coast, Tunis is the capital and List of cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Roman Catholic Bishops Of Mostar-Duvno
The Bishop of Mostar-Duvno is the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mostar-Duvno, located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is responsible for looking after the diocese's spiritual and administrative needs. The Diocese of Mostar-Duvno is part of the ecclesiastical province of Vrhbosna and thus is a suffragan of that archdiocese. Since 1890, the bishops of Mostar-Duvno have also served as apostolic administrators of the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan. The current bishop is Petar Palić, who serves since 2020 and is the 6th ordinary. During the Ottoman rule, the Holy See established the Apostolic Vicariate of Herzegovina in 1846. With the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, Pope Leo XIII restored the regular church hierarchy there with the papal bull '' Ex hac augusta'' on 5 July 1881, thus establishing the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno. Six men have been bishop of Mostar-Duvno; the first two bishops were Franciscan friars – Paškal Buconjić, who served 29 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croats Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina (), often referred to as Bosnian Croats () or Herzegovinian Croats (), are native to Bosnia and Herzegovina and constitute the third most populous ethnic group, after Bosniaks and Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbs. They are also one of the constitutive nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina have made significant contributions to the culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most Croats identify themselves as Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Catholics and speak the Croatian language. Between the 15th and 19th centuries, Christianity in the Ottoman Empire, Catholics in Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina were often persecuted by the Ottoman Empire, causing many of them to flee the area. In the 20th century, political turmoil and poor economic conditions led to increased emigration. Ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War, Ethnic cleansing within Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s saw Croats forced to go to different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavao Žanić
Pavao Žanić (20 May 1918 – 11 January 2010) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of Mostar-Duvno and apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1980 until his retirement in 1993. Previously, Žanić served as bishop coadjutor of Mostar-Duvno and titular Bishop of Byzacena, Edistania from 1970 until 1980. He also served as apostolic administrator of Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik from 1988 until 1990. During Žanić's episcopate, the reports of Our Lady of Medjugorje, Marian apparitions in Medjugorje occurred in 1981. Although initially sympathetic towards the visionaries, Žanić became a fierce opponent of the Medjugorje phenomenon. He believed that they were a Franciscan manipulation and a hoax. Žanić created two commissions to evaluate the authenticity of the apparitions, and the commission declared that it could not establish that the events in Medjugorje were supernatural. In the Herzegovina Affair, a dispute between the Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
