SOME FEATURES OF THE PASTORAL ACTIVITIES OF THE BISHOP JURAJ DOBRILA (1858–1882)

U članku se nastoji ukazati na osnovnu orijentaciju u pastoralnom radu biskupa Jurja Dobrile, u vrijeme dok je bio porečko-pulski (1858.–1875.), odnosno tršćansko-koparski biskup (1875.– 1882.). U toj orijentaciji (modelu) posebno mjesto zauzima pastoral osobnih kontakata, što je do izražaja posebno dolazilo u vrijeme njegovih pastirskih pohoda, tzv. vizitacija, župama. U situaciji krize svećeničkih zvanja posebnu pozornost posvećivao je pitanju rješavanja te krize. Najprikladnijim korakom u njezinu rješavanju smatrao je otvaranje sjemeništa. Dok je bio na katedri sv. Maura, bio je spreman odreći se biskupske časti da bi se sredstva koja su išla za uzdržavanje biskupije i biskupa upotrijebila za otvaranje sjemeništa. Dobrila je za istarske Hrvate nastojao izboriti samo ono što su njihovi susjedi Talijani već imali, temeljeći to svoje nastojanje na biblijskom načelu prava i pravde. Po mnogim pastoralnim nastojanjima bio je ispred svog vremena, o čemu svjedoči i njegov pastoral pisane riječi (molitvenici, poslanice, novine).Author of this article tries to reveal the basic orientation of Juraj Dobrila’s pastoral work while he was the bishop of Pula and Poreč diocese (1858–1875) and afterwards the bishop of Trieste and Koper diocese (1875–1882). In his pastoral model a personal contact was quite an important factor, since bishop Dobrila paid much attention on regular visitations to local parishes. Similarly, when in his diocese occurred scarcity of priests Dobrila found a simple and effective solution by opening seminaries. Consequently, Dobrila’s attitude towards clergy in his diocese, as later bishop Andrija Šterk emphasizes, was caressing but also decisive. Still, Dobrila’s care for poor and neglected rural population, which was predominantly of the Croatian origin, sometimes was interpreted as nationalistic. However, one has to admit that Dobrila wanted only that the Istrian Croatians to be treated as equal as their Italian neighbours. All these efforts Dobrila supported with the Biblical notion of law and justice. Therefore, judging by his pastoral work, Dobrila was often much ahead of this time, and this can be additionally corroborated by his written pastoral work (breviaries, epistles and newspaper articles)