Josip Štadler
| The Most Reverend Josip Štadler Servant of God | |
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| Archbishop of Vrhbosna | |
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| Archdiocese | Vrhbosna |
| Province | Sarajevo |
| See | Sarajevo |
| Appointed | 18 November 1881[1] |
| Successor | Ivan Šarić |
| Other posts | Apostolic Administrator of Banja Luka (1882–84) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 24 May 1868[1] |
| Consecration |
20 November 1881[1] by Raffaele Monaco La Valletta |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Josip Štadler |
| Born |
24 January 1843 Slavonski Brod, Kingdom of Croatia |
| Died |
8 December 1918 (aged 75) Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Buried | Cathedral of Jesus' Heart, Sarajevo |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Đuro and Marija (née Balošić) |
| Styles of Josip Štadler | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Josip Štadler (24 January 1843 – 8 December 1918) was a Croatian priest, the first modern archbishop of Vrhbosna and the founder of the religious order of the Servants of the Infant Jesus (Croatian: Služavke Maloga Isusa). He is a candidate for sainthood.
Štadler was born in Slavonski Brod in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria in what is today modern Croatia. Early in life he lost his parents. He was taken care of by the Oršić family. He started his education in Slavonski Brod, and continued it 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. He was ordained a priest in Rome in 1868 and returned to Zagreb. He was a gymnasium professor at a seminary and later a university professor at the Catholic Theology Faculty in Zagreb.
In 1881, the Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina was reinstated for the first time after first years of thirteenth century, when the last bishop of Vrhbosna was evicted by Bosnian ban Kulin and left Bosnia for Đakovo, in Slavonia, part of Hungarian Kingdom at the time.[2] Pope Leo XIII named Štadler as the first archbishop of Vrhbosna in Sarajevo. He worked in faith, culture and national fields. 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.
He 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. These nuns came and helped the poor as well as taught in the city's schools. He formed the orphanages Betlehem and Egipat for children and a home for the elderly.
Štadler was especially reverent to Corpus Christi, which he made the feast of the archdiocese. He was also very faithful to the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. He died in Sarajevo in his 75th year on the feast day of the Assumption. He was succeed by Ivan Šarić. Štadler was buried in Sarajevo's cathedral. During Pope John Paul II's visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 April 1997 the pope prayed at Štadler's grave.
The process for his canonization began in Sarajevo on 20 June 2002.
See also
- Antun Mahnić
- Ivan Merz
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Archbishop Josef Stadler". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ Lovrenović, Ivan (December 1999). "Prvi milenij Bosne". BH Dani (in Bosnian) (135). Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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| Preceded by none |
Archbishop of Vrhbosna 1881–1918 |
Succeeded by Ivan Šarić |
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