Kriza János, a püspök
János Kriza, the Bishop

Summary/Abstract: In 1975, a series of celebrations were organised in both Transylvania (Romania) and Hungary to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of bishop János Kriza, the illustrious folklorist. Numerous studies were published for these celebrations. Because this was during the Romanian Communist dictatorship, the articles that appeared in the contemporary cultural periodicals and journals had to focus on János Kriza the collector of folk-songs, and avoid his ecclesiastical activities. Even the papers appearing in the Christian Sower were censored, so that references to Kriza's contributions to the development of the church and to the preservation of the national identity were moderate. In our paper we focus on three specific aspects of János Kriza´s decade and a half of ecclesiastical activity: 1. Th e efforts to strengthen both the church establishment and the Hungarian national identity; 2. The decisions governing the quality of education; 3. Church-diplomatic activity. This paper is the edited version of the lecture presented at the conference in Kolozsvár (2011) celebrating the 200th anniversary of János Kriza’s birth.

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