ĐURO KOKŠA (VICE)REKTOR ZAVODA SV. JERONIMA U RIMU (1957. - 1980.). (Croatian)

Đuro Kokša (Molve, 17. V 1922 – Zagreb, 26. XI 1998) was the vice-rector of the Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome in Rome from September 11, 1957 to September 15, 1959, when he assumed the office of rector. On April 20, 1978, Pope Paul VI appointed him titular bishop of Grument and auxiliary bishop of Zagreb. He managed the College until February 8, 1980, when he was replaced by Ratko Perić, a Mostar-Duvno priest. The time of Kokša›s management of the College was marked by very complex church-political relations in Yugoslavia, that is, in Croatia, while the situation in the entire Church was very challenging. Kokša, as the rector of the College, sometimes against his will had to carry out decisions that came from higher church levels, with which he did not always agree, which is why he was the target of attacks by Croatian emigrant groups. On the other hand, he was under the constant surveillance of the communist government. Despite everything, he left a trace in the history of the College. With the help of the church leadership, he opened the College for priests students from the homeland, while Pope Paul VI at the request of Cardinal Franjo Šeper, in July 1971, replaced the previous name “Illyrian College of St. Jerome” with the “Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome”. While Kokša was rector of the College, Jozo Kljaković completed two side mosaics on the north facade of the College building, and in 1960 Ivan Meštrović gave him permission to cast his Pietà in plaster. This paper was written on the basis of previous researches and Kokša’s archival material, which is kept in the Archbishop’s Archives in Zagreb and in the College of St. Jerome in Rome. The Roman legacy was compiled in 2017 and the inventory was compiled by Split archivist Ivan Balta. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Đuro Kokša (Molve, 17. svibnja 1922. – Zagreb, 26. studenog 1998.) bio je vicerektor Papinskoga hrvatskog zavoda sv. Jeronima u Rimu od 11. rujna 1957. do 15. rujna 1959., kada je preuzeo službu rektora. Papa Pavao VI. imenovao ga je 20. travnja 1978. naslovnim biskupom Grumenta i pomoćnim zagrebačkim biskupom. Zavodom je upravljao sve do 8. veljače 1980., kada je na njegovo mjesto došao mostarsko-duvanjski svećenik Ratko Perić. Vrijeme Kokšina upravljanja Zavodom obilježili su vrlo složeni crkveno-politički odnosi u Jugoslaviji, odnosno u Hrvatskoj, dok je stanje u cijeloj Crkvi bilo vrlo izazovno. Kokša je kao upravitelj Zavoda ponekad mimo svoje volje morao izvršavati odluke koje su dolazile s viših crkvenih razina, a s kojima se nije uvijek slagao, zbog čega je bio meta napada od strane hrvatskih emigrantskih skupina. S druge strane, bio je pod stalnom pratnjom komunističke vlasti. Usprkos svemu ostavio je trag u povijesti Zavoda. Uz pomoć crkvenog vodstva otvorio je Zavod za svećenike studente iz domovine, a papa Pavao VI. je na molbu kardinala Franje Šepera u srpnju 1971. dotadašnji naziv „Ilirski zavod sv. Jeronima” promijenio u „Papinski hrvatski zavod sv. Jeronima”. Dok je Kokša bio rektor Zavoda, Jozo Kljaković je dovršio dva pokrajnja mozaika na sjevernom pročelju zavodske zgrade, a Ivan Meštrović mu je 1960. dao dopuštenje za odljev u gipsu njegove Pietà. Ovaj rad je nastao na temelju prethodnih istraživanja i Kokšine arhivske građe, koja se čuva u Nadbiskupskom arhivu u Zagrebu i u Zavodu sv. Jeronima u Rimu. Rimsku je ostavštinu godine 2017. složio . i inventar sastavio splitski arhivist Ivan Balta. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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