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  Diocese of Bosnia in the 15th century

Diocese of Bosnia (Latin: Dioecesis Bosniensis) was a Latin Catholic diocese that existed in Bosnia between the 11th and 15th centuries, and remained formally in existence until 1773. [1] [2]

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History

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John of Wildeshausen, Bishop of Bosnia

It is not known precisely when the Bosnian diocese was established. Based on a collection of historical documents Provinciale Vetus, published in 1188, which mention it twice, once subordinated to the Archdiocese of Split, and another time under the Archdiocese of Ragusa, it is assumed that it came into existence between 1060 and 1075. [3] During the 12th century, it was contested between those two archdioceses as well as another two, the Archdiocese of Antivari and the Archdiocese of Kalocsa. [4] In 1244, an endowment of the parishes of Đakovo and Blezna by King Béla IV of Hungary listed the other parishes of the diocese, namely Vrhbosna, Neretva, Lepenica, Vidgossa (Viduša), Mile (near today's Visoko), Lašva, Uskoplje, Brod (near today's Zenica), Borač (near today's Rogatica). [5] [6]

In the 13th and 14th centuries, the Bishops of Bosnia were mainly Dominican missionaries who were sent in to combat the spread of the Bosnian Church. [7] At the turn of the 14th century, the Franciscans also arrived with the same purpose, at first in Usora and Soli, at the request of Stephen Dragutin of Serbia. [8] The two orders engaged in a prolonged dispute over the control of the province, in which the Franciscans ultimately prevailed, yet the weakened diocese still succumbed to the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia in 1463. [9]

During the Ottoman occupation, the bishop of Bosnia had no effective control over the territory of Bosnia, rather, the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena remained the primary vessel of Catholicism in the area. In 1735, the Holy See founded the Apostolic Vicariate for Bosnia, and assigned Franciscans as apostolic vicars to direct it, thereby formally ending the jurisdiction of this diocese over Bosnia.

In 1773, [1] pope Clement XIV united formally the diocese with the Diocese of Syrmia on demand of the Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Croatia, Maria Theresa. The 1773 change subordinated it to the Archdiocese of Zagreb. In 1881, the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna was established, that included the actual territory of Bosnia. The Diocese of Bosnia (Ðakovo) and Srijem became the present-day Archdiocese of Ðakovo-Osijek. [10]

Bishops of Bosnia

12th century
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
c. 1141Vladislav
c. 1151Milovan
c. 1171 Radogost Also recorded as Rhadagastus.
13th century
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
after 1209Dragonja
after 1210Bratoslav
1223c. 1233Vladimir
12331239 Bl. Ioannes Teutonicus Dominican friar, also recorded as bl. Ivan Njemac. He resigned in 1239 and returned to the monastery.
1239c. 1272 Ponsa Dominican friar, also recorded as Povša. He had built cathedral of Saint Peter in village Brdo (Vrhbosna). Because of the threats of Patarenes, Ponsa went from Vrhbosna to Đakovo in 1252 and since then the seat of the Bishop of Bosnia was mainly in Ðakovo.
c. 12721273Roland
c. 1280Andrija UgrinDominican friar
c. 1291c. 1299Toma
14th century
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
c. 1301c. 1304Nikola
13081314Grgur Augustinian
13141316Benedikt Guiscard
13171334Petar IDominican friar
13341336 Sede vacante
13361347Lovro Lorandov
13471349Ivan II
13491356 Peregrin Saxon Franciscan friar
13561376 Peter Siklósi
13761382DominikDominican friar
13821387Đuro
13871407Ivan III Mrnjavić
15th century
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
14071410 Sede vacante
14101427Benedikt II de Benedictis
14271428Dionizije de Jakč de Kusely
14281436Josip de Bezza
14441454Rafael
14541455Filip Gothali
14551457 Sede vacante
14571459Pavao
14591463Grgur IIFranciscan friar
14631465 Sede vacante
14651466Demetrije Čupor
1468unknownBenedikt III Levey
14861489Matija de Warda
14891491Stjepan od Velike Luke
14911493LukaAlso recorded as Lucas Szegedi, Chief Justice of Hungary (1502–1503), bishop of Zagreb (1500–1510).
14931501Gabrijel PolgarDominican friar, also recorded as Polner or Polver.
16th century
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
15011516Mihalj Kešerić de Chybarth
c. 1516unknownDonat a TurreAlso recorded as Donato della Torre.
15241526Juraj II Paližna
15261533 Sede vacante
1533Bernard Gentilis
15331573 Sede vacante
15731583Anto MatkovićFranciscan friar, also recorded as Antonio Poli de Mathaeis. [11]
15831588 Sede vacante
15881615Franjo BaličevićFranciscan friar
17th century
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
16151625Anto Matić Požežanin
16251631 Sede vacante
16311635 Ivan IV Tomko Mrnavić
16351639 Sede vacante
16391644Toma V Mrnavić
16451660Marijan Maravić
16601669 Sede vacante
16691701Nikola III OgramićFranciscan friar. Lived and ruled in Bosnia for a while. Murdered on August 14, 1701.
18th century
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
17011703 Sede vacante
1703Petar III Stanko Crnković
17031716Đuro Patačić od ZajezdaAlso recorded as Juraj III. Patačić, ordered the construction of the new bishop's residence and new cathedral. He had convened the first synod of the Diocese of Bosnia in Đakovo.
17161749Petar IV Bakić de Lach
17491751Franjo III ThauzyTranslated to Kalocsa
17511773Josip Antun Ćolnić
On July 9, 1773 Diocese of Bosnia was united with Diocese of Sirmio
Sources: [12] [13]

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  5. OŠJ 1975, p. 334.
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