Contribution to the Church History of Lovran in the First Half of the 20th Century

Nakon kraćeg presjeka povijesti Lovrana, pri čemu nudi i nekoliko dosad nepoznatih podataka iz crkvene povijesti, autor piše o nekim aspektima života Katoličke Crkve u toj župi tijekom razdoblja talijanske uprave. Župa Lovran dočekuje raspad Austro-Ugarske u sklopu Tršćansko-koparske biskupije da bi se 1925. godine, zajedno s cijelom Liburnijom, našla u novouspostavljenoj Riječkoj biskupiji. Iznose se imena pastoralno djelatnih svećenika u Lovranu između dvaju svjetskih ratova kao i drugi aspekti vjerskog života tog, dosad slabo poznatog, razdoblja. Okolnosti vjerskog života dvadesetih i tridesetih godina 20. stoljeća smještene su u kontekst nacionalnih i jezičnih pitanja vezanih uz talijanizaciju koju na ovome području provodi Kraljevina Italija. Svoju analizu autor donosi ponajviše na temelju arhivskoga gradiva povezanog s riječkim biskupima, odnosno s njihovim odlukama i mjerama koje se tiču župe Lovran.Following the brief overview of the history of Lovran, during which he also presents several information from the church history which have been unknown thus far, the author writes about certain aspects of the life of the Catholic Church in that parish during the period of Italian administration. Lovran parish was a part of the Diocese of Trieste and Kopar when Austria-Hungary collapsed. In 1925 it became a part of the newly founded Diocese of Rijeka, together with the entire Liburnia area. The paper also mentions names of the pastorally active priests in Lovran between the two world wars, as well as other aspects of the religious life of that hitherto less-familiar period. The circumstances of religious life in the 1920s and 1930s have been placed in the context of national and linguistic issues related to Italianization conducted by the Kingdom of Italy in the area. The authorʼs analysis is mainly based on the archival records related to the bishops of Rijeka, i.e. their decisions and actions concerning Lovran parish