THE PROMOTION OF THE DIOCESE OF ZAGREB TO ARCHDIOCESE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE REVOLUTIONARY YEAR 1848

Bulom Ubi primum placuit pape Pija IX. iz 1852. Zagrebačka biskupija promaknuta je u nadbiskupiju i uspostavljena je Hrvatsko-slavonska crkvena pokrajina. Autor analizira razloge toga čina u polemici s dosadašnjim pristupom mnogih historiografa koji pitanje uspostave Zagrebačke nadbiskupije odvajaju od ondašnjih društvenih i političkih zbivanja. Rad ispravlja sudove onih koji su uspotstavu nadbiskupije povezivali s nametanjem tzv. Oktroiranog ustava i uvođenjem Bachova apsolutizma. Autor ističe da je zaključak Hrvatskoga sabora polazište u procesu uspostave nadbiskupije, kao i to da da se u njemu mogu razaznati povijesno-politički razlozi kojima su isti Sabor i Crkva u Hrvatskoj opravdavali svoj zahtjev. Veliku pažnju autor daje banu Josipu Jelačiću i njegovu pismu vladi u Beču kao neposrednom povodu da Bečki dvor i car počnu rješavati spomenuto pitanje.With the Bulla Ubi primum placuit issued by pope Pius IX in 1852, the Diocese of Zagreb was promoted to Archdiocese and the Croatian-Slavonian ecclesiastical province was established. The author analyzes the causes of this act in controversy with the widespread approach of many historians who separate the question of the establishment of the Archdiocese of Zagreb from the social and political events of that time. This work corrects the judgements of those who have connected the establishment of the Archdiocese with the imposition of the so-called Granted Constitution and the introduction of Bach’s absolutism. The author points out that the starting point in the process of establishing the Archdiocese was the Resolution of the Croatian Parliament in 1845, and that it is in this event that the historical and political reasons, with which the Parliament and the Church in Croatia justified their request, can be discovered. The author gives special attention to ban Josip Jelacic and his letter to the Vienna Government in 1850 as the immediate occasion for the Court in Vienna and the emperor to address that question