Feliks Suk
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Feliks Suk was Croatian
university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb
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It was Zagreb archbishop and cardinal Juraj Haulik
who enabled young Suk a study of theodoly in Innsbruck
. He was ordained for a priest in 1868. He received his Ph.D. in 1870. He conducted various jobs in the Zagreb Archdiocese, before he became a professor of moral theology at the newly-established Royal University of Franz Joseph I
. He served as a dean of the Faculty of Theology in two mandates. In the academic year 1882/1883 he served as a rector of the University of Zagreb, and the following academic year he served as a prorector.
He contributed to the periodicals Katolički list and Hrvatski učitelj, and authored several high school textbooks on Catholic apologetics and morality.
In his rectorship mandate the university has moved its headquarters from the Katarina's square to its today's building, back then at the very outskirts of the city in a region called Sajmište. The building originally built for a hospital in 1859 has been adapted in 1882 for the needs of university teaching. The solemn opening ceremony was held on November 5, 1882.
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university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...
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It was Zagreb archbishop and cardinal Juraj Haulik
Juraj Haulik
Juraj Haulik de Váralya was a Croatian cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church of Slovak ethnicity and the first archbishop of Zagreb. He was also acting ban of Croatia for two separate terms.He studied theology and philosophy in Trnava, Esztergom and Vienna...
who enabled young Suk a study of theodoly in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
. He was ordained for a priest in 1868. He received his Ph.D. in 1870. He conducted various jobs in the Zagreb Archdiocese, before he became a professor of moral theology at the newly-established Royal University of Franz Joseph I
Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Galicia and Lodomeria and Grand Duke of Cracow from 1848 until his death in 1916.In the December of 1848, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria abdicated the throne as part of...
. He served as a dean of the Faculty of Theology in two mandates. In the academic year 1882/1883 he served as a rector of the University of Zagreb, and the following academic year he served as a prorector.
He contributed to the periodicals Katolički list and Hrvatski učitelj, and authored several high school textbooks on Catholic apologetics and morality.
In his rectorship mandate the university has moved its headquarters from the Katarina's square to its today's building, back then at the very outskirts of the city in a region called Sajmište. The building originally built for a hospital in 1859 has been adapted in 1882 for the needs of university teaching. The solemn opening ceremony was held on November 5, 1882.