Ivan Rafael Rodić
Ivan Rafael Rodić | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Belgrade (-Smederevo) | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Belgrade (-Smederevo) |
| In office | 29 October 1924 – 28 November 1936 |
| Predecessor | Vjenceslav Šoić |
| Successor | Josip Ujčić |
| Other post | Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia (1936-1954) |
| Previous post | Apostolic Administrator of Srpski Banat (1923-1936) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 23 July 1893 by Anton Josef Gruscha |
| Consecration | 7 December 1924 by Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 June 1870 |
| Died | 10 May 1954 (aged 83) |
Archbishop Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M. (also Ivo Rodić, Italian: Giovanni Raffaele Rodic; 15 June 1870 – 10 May 1954) was a Croatian Franciscan prelate, who served as the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade-Smederevo between 1924 and 1936.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Rodić was born on 15 June 1870, in the village of Nurkovac, at the time in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. As a Franciscan, he graduated from the Vienna University of Theology and started teaching theology in Baja, Hungary in 1893, where he remained until 1898.[2][5]
He became the Abbot of the Franciscan monastery in Vienna, and the provincial minister of several monasteries in Croatia.[2] Between 1881 and 1884, he was the provincial of the Province of St. John of Capistrano that included Slavonia, Syrmia and much of southern Hungary.[5] In 1884, Rodić in his capacity as provincial declined the request of Ivan Antunović to help start a newspaper for the Bunjevci Croats in Bačka, fearing opposition from higher authorities, but supported his cause - using their native language and relaying them news from Croatia. Antunović did nevertheless manage to start the newspaper, Neven, and eventually in 1909 Rodić contributed several articles to it.[5]
He later served as the visitor general of the Order, travelling to numerous monasteries in Europe and America.[2]
On 10 February 1923, Rodić became the apostolic administrator of the newly created administration of Banat and moved to Veliki Bečkerek (today Zrenjanin, Serbia).[2][4] The following year, on 29 October 1924, he was named the archbishop of Belgrade-Smederevo.[2][3][4]
On 28 November 1936, he was replaced as an archbishop of Belgrade and instead became the titular archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia.[4] He died on 10 May 1954, in Požega.[5]
References
- ↑ "Giovanni Raffaele Rodic". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Leopold Gedö (1926) [1887]. "P. Ivan Rafael Rodić". Zbirka portreta i biografija znamenitih ljudi kraljevstva Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca. New York Public Library. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- 1 2 "Istorija" [History] (in Serbian). Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- 1 2 3 4 "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beograd Serbia". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- 1 2 3 4 Robert Skenderović (October 2006). "Sudjelovanje slavonskih franjevaca u nacionalnom pokretu podunavskih Hrvata tijekom 19. i početkom 20. stoljeća" [Role of Slavonian Franciscans in the national movement of the Danubian Croats during the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century] (PDF). Scrinia Slavonica (in Croatian). 6 (1). Croatian Historical Institute - Department of History of Slavonia, Srijem and Baranja: 194–216. ISSN 1332-4853. Retrieved 2011-09-13.