Radoslav Glavaš (28 November 1867 – 20 July 1913) was a Herzegovinian Croat Franciscan, writer and cultural worker. From 1904 he was a secretary of Bishop

Paškal Buconjić Paškal Buconjić (2 April 1834 – 8 December 1910) was Herzegovinian Croat Franciscan and a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the first bishop of Mostar-Duvno from 1881 to 1910, as the apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan ...

of Mostar-Duvno and Trebinje-Mrkan and from 1910 he served as a general vicar the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno. He used his position and influence to enrich and promote the interests of the

Franciscan Province of Herzegovina Franciscan Province of Herzegovina of the Ascension of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a province of the Catholic religious order of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as Franciscans. It was established in 1843 when it seceded from the Franciscan ...

. As a writer, he defended the interests of the Franciscans.

Early life

Glavaš was born in Drinovci near Grude in

Herzegovina Eyalet The Eyalet of Herzegovina ( ota, ایالت هرسك; Eyālet-i Hersek, sh, Hercegovački pašaluk) was an administrative division (''eyalet'') of the Ottoman Empire from 1833 to 1851. Its last capital was Mostar. History In 1831, Bosnian kapu ...

of the

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. He studied philosophy and theology in

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and

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. In 1890 Glavaš was ordained a priest. In 1893 he became a professor of theology in

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. He taught theology at the seminaries in Franciscan friaries in

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and

Mostar Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is sit ...

. He was one of the founders of the Croatian Joint-Stock Company and the Croatian Joint-Stock Printing House. In 1902, Glavaš also established the Croatian Support Society for the Needs of Students and University Students from Bosnia and Herzegovina in

Diocese

As of 1904, he was a secretary of Bishop

of Mostar-Duvno and Trebinje-Mrkan, and became a general vicar of the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno in 1910. In the last years of his life, Buconjić was often sickly. Even though the new episcopal residence was erected, Buconjoć refused to move and lived in the old residence in Vukodol. Glavaš used Buconjić's weak condition to remain in power and kept him uninformed and thus dependent. Glavaš directed the financial resources of the diocese to the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina. Buconjić died in Mostar on 8 December 1910 and was buried in the city's Church of Saint Peter and Paul. As requested by the

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, on 19 December 1910, the Metropolitan Archbishop Stadler named Lazarević administrator in spiritual matters of the two Herzegovinian dioceses. The material care of the dioceses was given to Glavaš, who used his position to further enrich the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina. In his writings, Glavaš defended the interests of the Herzegovinian Franciscans. He died at the Franciscan friary in

Humac, Ljubuški Humac (Cyrillic: Хумац) is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Ljubuški. It was the site where the Humac tablet The Humac tablet ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Хумачка � ...

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