VUKOVAR-Politika VUKOVAR: CELEBRATION OF 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF ZAGREB'S METROPOLIS VUKOVAR, Oct 26 (Hina) - Zagreb's Archbishop Josip Bozanic on Saturday led a mass celebration in Vukovar, during which the faithful of the Djakovo and
Srijem bishopric celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Zagreb Metropolis.
VUKOVAR, Oct 26 (Hina) - Zagreb's Archbishop Josip Bozanic on
Saturday led a mass celebration in Vukovar, during which the
faithful of the Djakovo and Srijem bishopric celebrated the 150th
anniversary of the Zagreb Metropolis. #L#
With the support of Zagreb's Archbishop Juraj Haulik, Vice-Roy
Josip Jelacic and the Croatian parliament, Pope Pio IX on December
11, 1852 raised the Zagreb Bishopric to a Diocese, separating it
from a Hungarian metropolis and establishing the Croatian-
Slavonian Church Province, that is, the Zagreb Metropolis.
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