Miroslav Bulešić

Blessed
Miroslav Bulešić
Priest; Martyr
Born 13 May 1920
Čabrunići, Svetvinčenat, Istra, Italy (now Croatia)
Died 24 August 1947(1947-08-24) (aged 27)
Lanišće, Istra, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified 28 September 2013, Arena, Pula, Istra, Croatia by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Major shrine Svetvinčenat, Istra, Croatia
Feast 24 August
Attributes
Patronage

Blessed[Note 1] Miroslav Bulešić (13 May 1920 – 24 August 1947) was a Roman Catholic Croatian priest killed in Croatia.

He was beatified in Croatia on 28 September 2013 on the recognition of the fact that he was killed "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith).

Life

Miroslav Bulešić was born in Čabrunići - a village in Istria (at the time in the Kingdom of Italy). He studied in Rome at the Gregoriana but was recalled to Croatia at the beginning of World War II. He was ordained to the priesthood in April 1943 and was assigned to a parish where Communist and Fascist forces conflicted with each other. He was an outspoken critic of Communism which would lead to his death.[1]

He died in 1947 in Lanišće (at the time in Yugoslavia) after Communists stabbed him in the neck.

Beatification

The process of beatification commenced under Pope John Paul II on 10 August 1992 in a move that started the process and gave the title of Servant of God upon the late priest - it was also the first official stage in the process. The diocesan process lasted from 24 August 1997 until 11 September 2004 and was later validated in Rome.

The Positio was submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 2010 and theologians approved the cause on 30 March 2012. The C.C.S. approved it also on 20 November 2012 while Pope Benedict XVI approved his beatification on 20 December 2012.

He was declared beatified on 28 September 2013 in Istra; Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the celebration on the behalf of Pope Francis.[2]

The current postulator assigned to the cause is Monisgnor Jure Bogdan.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Blessed means here beatified, a title assigned by the Roman Catholic Church

References

  1. ↑ "Blessed Miroslav Bulešić". Saints SQPN. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "ROME REPORTS TV News Agency". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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