Greek Catholic Bishop Ilija Hranilović’s correspondence with the Đakovo and Srijem Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1886 – 1889) form the Archive of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Rad opisuje odnos grkokatoličkog biskupa Ilije Hranilovića i biskupa Josipa J. Strossmayera pri čemu se jasno nazire da je biskup Hranilović u svom kratkom biskupovanju (1882.-1889.), isprva bojažljivo, a zatim sve hrabrije počeo podržavati političku, te vjersku misiju i misao biskupa Strossmayera - o jedinstvu crkava i jačanju pozicija hrvatskog i ostalih slavenskih naroda unutar Austro-Ugarske Monarhije, kojom su tada vladale bečke i budimpeštanske elite. Postao je dakle vrlo brzo jedan od “Strossmayerovih ljudi.” Također se donose prijepisi šest pisama sačuvanih u Strossmayerovoj ostavštini u arhivu HAZU biskupa Hranilovića Strossmayeru, te jedno pismo Strossmayera generalu Petru Hraniloviću, rođaku biskupa Ilije Hranilovića, u kojem Strossmayer izražava svoje saučešće prigodom rane biskupove smrti.The paper sheds light on the relationship between Bishop Josip J. Strossmayer and the Greek Catholic Bishop Ilija Hranilović. Hranilović’s support for the political and religious mission and thought of Bishop Strossmayer – who was concerned about the unity of the Catholic Church and the strengthening of the position of the Croatian people, as well as other peoples, in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy which was at the time governed by the Vienna and Budapest elites – was timid at first, but later grew so strong that he soon became one of “Strossmayer’s men”. In addition, the transcripts of six letters that Strossmayer sent to Bishop Hranilović, which are part of the Strossmayer legacy stored in the Archive of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and one that he sent to Bishop Hranilović’s relative General Petar Hranilović, in which he expressed his condolences on the premature death of the Bishop, are given in the paper