Dominik Sokolović

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Dominik Sokolović
Capitular Vicar of Trebinje-Mrkan
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseTrebinje-Mrkan
Appointed1819
Installed20 February 1820
Term ended1 October 1837
PredecessorNikola Ferić (as bishop)
Successor
Other post(s)Diocesan secretary
Orders
Ordination1799
by Nikola Ferić
Personal details
Born(1776-06-10)10 June 1776
Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragusa
Died1 October 1837(1837-10-01) (aged 61)
Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Austria
BuriedDanče, Dubrovnik, Croatia
DenominationCatholic
ResidenceDubrovnik

Dominik Sokolović (10 June 1776 – 1 October 1837) was a Croatian priest of the Catholic Church who served as a capitular vicar of the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan, residing in Dubrovnik, from 1820 to his death in 1837.

Originally from Dubrovnik, Sokolović was ordained a priest by Nikola Ferić, bishop of Trebinje-Mrkan in 1799. The Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan was located in the Ottoman Empire, bordering Austrian Empire, and its metropolitans were the archbishops of Dubrovnik. Ferić was the last bishop of Trebinje-Mrkan, and with his death in 1819, the chapter of the Archdiocese of Dubrovnik appointed Sokolović as the diocesan administrator.

In 1814, Austria gained territory of Dalmatia, including Dubrovnik, and tried to exert its influence on the neighboring parts of the Ottoman Empire, using the archbishops of Dubrovnik to do so. Although the local clergy of Trebinje-Mrkan wanted one of their own to become a new bishop, Sokolović received strong backing from Austria and received authority from the Holy See in 1820. He administered Trebinje-Mrkan until 1837. During his administration, Sokolović resided in Dubrovnik and made several visitations to the diocese. In 1828, the Archdiocese of Dubrovnik was diminished to the status of a diocese, and in order to reflect the equal status of the two dioceses, Sokolović named a local priest Vidoje Maslać his coadjutor in 1835, granting him wide authority.

Sokolović died in Dubrovnik in 1837. Although the clergy of Trebinje-Mrkan continued to insist that one of their own become a new bishop, the Austrian diplomacy managed to appoint another diocesan administrator from Dubrovnik, .

Biography[]

Sokolović was born in Dubrovnik. His father Marko was a goldsmith, originally from Trebimlja and his mother Marija, a daughter of Dominik Grillo.[1] Sokolović was ordained a priest by Nikola Ferić, bishop of Trebinje-Mrkan in 1799.[2] After becoming a priest, Sokolović served as Ferić's secretary.[3] The Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan was located in the Ottoman Empire, bordering Austria.[4]

After the bishop's death in 1819, Sokolović served as a secretary to his brother Đuro, who was a diocesan administrator of the Archdiocese of Dubrovnik.[5] As a seat of the metropolitan area, the Archdiocese of Dubrovnik had a right to appoint a diocesan administrator for Trebinje-Mrkan.[6] Antun Krša, a poet from Dubrovnik, wrote that the Ferić brothers loved Sokolović "like a son".[7] Though the clergy of Trebinje-Mrkan named one of their own Grgo Matuško as the diocesan administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan, Đuro Ferić appointed Sokolović to the post.[5][8] The decision of the Dubrovnik chapter was backed by the Austrian government.[8] The regional Dalmatian government confirmed this appointment, and Sokolović served as the diocesan administrator for the next eighteen years.[5] Parish priests of Trebinje-Mrkan opposed his appointment, instead preferring their general vicar Grgo Matuško.[9] Sokolović officially received jurisdiction from the Holy See on 20 February 1820.[10]

The Austrian government, trying to exert its influence on the territory of Trebinje-Mrkan, greatly helped the Catholics there. The Ottoman authorities noticed the intensified activity of the Austrians and were suspicious of Sokolović's role.[4] During a visitation, Soklović conducted a census of the population in Trebinje-Mrkan. The census recorded 90 Catholic households with 1,011 inhabitants.[11] Ivica Puljić, writing about Sokolović's visitation, cites a document from 5 July 1821, which describes how the Ottoman officials, suspicious of Sokolović's activity, obstructed his visitation and asked him why he makes the official visitation instead of a bishop, as usual. Sokolović managed to bribe them and continued his visitation.[12]

In 1828, Pope Leo XII diminished the status of the Archdiocese of Dubrovnik, reducing it to the status of a diocese and thus making it equal to Trebinje-Mrkan. Thus, it became illogical for a vicar of another diocese to control the other.[13] On 1 January 1835,[14] in order to reflect the new situation, Sokolović appointed a priest of Trebinje-Mrkan Vidoje Maslać his vicar coadjutor, giving him extensive powers in the diocese.[13] Sokolović also cared for raising the local clergy and in December 1836 sent two candidate priests to the Illyrian College in Loreto.[9]

Sokolović died in Dubrovnik on 1 October 1837 and is buried in Danče.[9] Though the clergy of Trebinje-Mrkan requested the Propaganda to appoint Maslać as the new bishop. However, the Dubrovnik chapter chose Nikola Đurijan as the new diocesan administrator. Though the appointment of Đuran was not in accordance with the canon law, the Austrian government put pressure on Pope Gregory XVI to approve the decision of the Dubrovnik chapter. Thus Đuran became Sokolović's successor. The status of Trebinje-Mrkan was further subordinated to Dubrovnik when the pope made the bishops of Dubrovnik permanent apostolic administrators of Trebinje-Mrkan in 1839.[15]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Sivrić 2003, p. 135.
  2. ^ Krešić 2012, p. 18.
  3. ^ Koncul 2017, p. 30.
  4. ^ a b Puljić 2009, p. 75.
  5. ^ a b c Perić 1986, pp. 95–96.
  6. ^ Puljić 2009, pp. 74–75.
  7. ^ Wirtz 1997, p. 557.
  8. ^ a b Puljić 2009, p. 74.
  9. ^ a b c Krešić 2012, p. 98.
  10. ^ Krešić 2012, p. 70.
  11. ^ Koncul 2017, p. 41.
  12. ^ Puljić 2009, p. 75, 125.
  13. ^ a b Puljić 2009, pp. 75–76.
  14. ^ Krešić 2012, p. 87.
  15. ^ Puljić 2009, p. 76.

References[]

Books[]

  • Koncul, Antun (2017). Stanovništvo župe Gradac 1709-1918 godine [The population of the parish of Gradac 1709-1918] (in Croatian). Dubrovnik: University of Dubrovnik.
  • Krešić, Milenko (2012). Don Vidoje Maslać i Trebinjsko-mrkanska biskupija (1795.-1862.) [Fr. Vidoje Maslać and the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan] (in Croatian). Trebinje: Župni ured Trebinje. ISBN 9539864275.
  • Perić, Marko (1986). "Trebinjsko-mrkanska biskupija u XIX stoljeću" [The Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan in the 19th century]. In Babić, Petar; Zovkić, Mato (eds.). Katolička crkva u Bosni i Hercegovini u XIX i XX stoljeću: povijesno-teološki simpozij prigodom stogodišnjice ponovne uspostave redovite hijerarhije u Bosni i Hercegovini [The Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 19th and 20th centuries: A historical-theological symposium on the occasion of the centenary of the restoration of the regular hierarchy in Bosnia and Herzegovina] (in Croatian). Sarajevo: Vrhbosanska visoka teološka škola.
  • Puljić, Ivica (2009). Hrvati katolici donje Hercegovine i Istočna kriza - Hercegovački ustanak (1875.-1878.) [Croat Catholics of lower Herzegovina and Eastern Crisis - Herzegovinian Uprising (1875-1878)] (in Croatian). Dubrovnik-Neum: Državni arhiv Dubrovnik-Zaklada Ruđer Bošković-Donja Hercegovina. ISBN 9539864275.
  • Sivrić, Marijan (2003). Migracije iz Hercegovine na dubrovačko područje od potresa 1667. do pada republike 1808. godine [Migrations from Herzegovina on the Dubrovnik area from the earthquake of 1667 to the fall of the republic in 1808] (in Croatian). Dubrovnik-Mostar: Biskupski ordinarijat Mostar-Državni arhiv Dubrovnik. ISBN 9539864267.
  • Wirtz, Gudrun (1997). Slavica poematia Latine reddita: eine frühe südslavische Volksliedsammlung [Slavica poematia Latine reddita: an early South Slavic folk song collection] (in German). Vienna: Böhlau Verlag. ISBN 9783412094973.
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