Dječačko (malo) sjemenište porečko-pulske biskupije u Kopru (1880.-1919.)
The Junior Seminary of the Diocese of Poreč-Pula in Kopar, 1880-1919

Summary/Abstract: In 1918, due to a small number of enrolled candidates, the seminary in Kopar was closed. At the time, it was the only seminary in Istria. Because of a lack of priests, a number of parish seats were empty, thus the Istrian bishops considered a solution to the declining number of clergy one of their most important problems. They were in agreement that the opening of a junior seminary was the only way toward solving this pressing pastoral issue. The students of the Kopar seminary had to attend an Italian gymnasium, which in the eyes of Italian liberals ensured that the future priests would be brought up in an Italian spirit and thereby enabled to carry out their role in raising Italian national consciousness, which for the liberals was more important than their pastoral or spiritual function. For the same reason the Croats of Istria viewed the seminary as a vehicle of italianization and disintegration of the Croatian national corpus in Istria.

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