Josip Stadler

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Josip Stadler

Servant of God
Archbishop of Vrhbosna
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ArchdioceseVrhbosna
ProvinceSarajevo
SeeSarajevo
Appointed18 November 1881[1]
SuccessorIvan Šarić
Other post(s)Apostolic Administrator of Banja Luka (1882–84)
Orders
Ordination24 May 1868[1]
Consecration20 November 1881[1]
by Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Personal details
Birth nameJosip Stadler
Born(1843-01-24)24 January 1843
Slavonski Brod, Slavonian Military Frontier, Habsburg Monarchy
Died8 December 1918(1918-12-08) (aged 75)
Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
BuriedCathedral of Jesus' Heart, Sarajevo
DenominationRoman Catholic
ParentsĐuro and Marija (née Balošić)
Styles of
Josip Štadler
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Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

Josip Stadler (24 January 1843 – 8 December 1918) was a Roman Catholic priest, the first Archbishop of Vrhbosna, the founder of the religious order of the Servants of the Infant Jesus (Croatian: Služavke Maloga Isusa). He is a candidate for sainthood.

Early life and education[]

Stadler was born in Slavonski Brod in the Habsburg Monarchy (present-day Croatia). His parents, Đuro and Marija (née Balošić) were hatmakers. Early in life, he lost both parents. He was taken care of by the Oršić family. He started his education in Slavonski Brod, and continued it, under the patronage of cardinal Juraj Haulik, in Požega and Zagreb where he attended gymnasium. In Rome he attended the Pontifical Gregorian University where he attained a doctorate in philosophy and theology.[2][3]

Career[]

Stadler was ordained a priest in Rome on June 6, 1868, after which he returned to Zagreb where he worked as a professor at a seminary and later a university professor at the Catholic Faculty of Theology of the University of Zagreb.[2]

In 1881, the Catholic Church hierarchy in Bosnia and Herzegovina was reinstated after nearly seven centuries, when the last bishop of Bosnia was evicted by Bosnian ban Matej Ninoslav and left Bosnia for Đakovo.[4] Pope Leo XIII named Stadler as the first archbishop of Vrhbosna in Sarajevo. Under his direction, the Cathedral of Jesus' Heart was built, along with the seminary and church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius. In Travnik he helped build the gymnasium and seminary, as well as many churches and women's seminaries throughout the country.

Stadler founded the women's order of the Servants of the Infant Jesus with the intention of helping impoverished and abandoned children and others. He sent a plea to Vienna, to Franziska Lechner to send nuns to Sarajevo. He formed the orphanages Betlehem and Egipat for children and a home for the elderly.[5]

Death[]

Stadler died in Sarajevo on the feast day of the Assumption of Mary in his 75th year. He was succeeded by archbishop Ivan Šarić. Stadler was buried in Sarajevo Cathedral.[6]

Canonization[]

During Pope John Paul II's visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 April 1997 the pope prayed at Stadler's grave.[7] The process for Stadler's canonization began in Sarajevo on 20 June 2002.[8]

Works[]

Following is a partial list of works authored by archbishop Stadler:[9]

  • Logika, Zagreb, 1871
  • Poslovice: pučka mudrost, for the year 1873, Zagreb, 1872
  • Theologia fundamentalis: tractatus de vera religione, de vera Christi Ecclesia et de Romano Pontifice complectens, Zagreb, 1880
  • Theologia fundamentalis: tractatus de traditione, Scriptura et analysi fidei complectens, Sarajevo, 1884
  • Filosofija u 6 svezaka [Philosophy in 6 volumes]
  • I. Logika, dio prvi: Dijalektika [Logic, Part One: Dialectics], 1904
  • II. Logika, dio drugi: Kritika ili noetika [Logic, Part Two: Criticism or Noetics], 1905
  • III. Opća metafisika ili ontologija [General Metaphysics or Ontology], 1907
  • IV. Kosmologija [Cosmology], 1909
  • V. Psihologija [Psychology], 1910
  • VI. Naravno bogoslovlje [Natural Theology], 1915

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Archbishop Josef Stadler". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Antolović Josip, Prvi vrhbosanski nadbiskup Josip Stadler, Obnovljeni život: časopis za filozofiju i religijske znanosti, Vol. 41. No. 3.- 4., p. 285., 1986
  3. ^ Religijski leksikon, ed. Josip Laća, Zagreb, 1999
  4. ^ Lovrenović, Ivan (December 1999). "Prvi milenij Bosne". BH Dani (in Bosnian) (135). Archived from the original on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  5. ^ Antolović Josip, Prvi vrhbosanski nadbiskup Josip Stadler, Obnovljeni život: časopis za filozofiju i religijske znanosti, Vol. 41. No. 3.- 4.,1986
  6. ^ "Verbum | Stadler,Josip". verbum.hr.
  7. ^ "Papa Ivan Pavao II. u Sarajevu 1997. god".
  8. ^ Croatian Encyclopedia volume 10, ed. August Kovačec, Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography, Zagreb, 2008
  9. ^ "Josip Stadler". www.josip-stadler.org.
Catholic Church titles
New title Archbishop of Vrhbosna
1881–1918 		Succeeded by
Ivan Šarić
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