Croats of Boka Kotorska
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The Croats have a minority in Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor), a coastal region in Montenegro, the largest of their kind in Tivat. These Croats belong to the group known as Bokelji.
[edit] Religion
Many Croats in this region are followers of the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor in Kotor is part of the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska in Croatia and its faithful are mostly the Croats in Boka.
Places of Worship
- Crkva Gospa od Škrpjela (Our Lady of the Rocks Church)
- Katedrala Sveti Tripuna (Cathedral of Saint Tryphon)
[edit] Notable Individuals
- Don Ivo Brajnović
- Luka Brajnović
- Blessed Gracija of Mula
- Antun Luković, chief engineer of builiding the Suez Canal in Egypt.
- Saint Leopold Mandić
- Nikola Modruški, Bishop of Modruš in Lika, Croatia, also known as Nicolaus Machinensis and Nicolo di Cattaro.
- Blessed Ozana of Kotor
- Don Đuro Perusina
- Don Gracija Šablić
- Pope Sixtus V
- Ivan Visin
- Andrija Zmajević, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bar
- Matija Zmajević, Admiral, also known as Matej Zmajević
[edit] Demographics
| Census Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| District | Number of Croats | Percentage |
| 1948 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 8.39% | |
| Kotor | 25.94% | |
| 1953 | ||
| Boka kotorska | 22.26% | |
| Census Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Number of Croats | Percentage |
| 1961 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 1,544 | 10.18% |
| Kotor | 3,483 | 20.92% |
| Tivat | 3,423 | 57.29% |
| 1971 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 1,195 | 6.5% |
| Kotor | 2,612 | 13.8% |
| Tivat | 3,375 | 48.73% |
| 1981 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 702 | 3.01% |
| Kotor | 1,644 | 8.03% |
| Tivat | 2,876 | 30.87% |
| 1991 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 630 | 2.28% |
| Kotor | 1,617 | 7.2% |
| Tivat | 2,663 | 23.35% |
| 2003 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 831 | 2.45% |
| Kotor | 1,842 | 7.84% |
| Tivat | 2,761 | 19.73% |
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