PERSECUTIONS OF THE BOSNIAN GREEK CATHOLICS IN THE KINGDOM OF SERBS, CROATS AND SLOVENIANS / YUGOSLAVIA ACCORDING TO THE CONTEMPORARY CATHOLIC PRESS

Sa？etak Persecution of the Bosnian Greek Catholics in the Kingdom of SCS / Yugoslavia was a part of a hideous master-plan to convert Greek Catholic Ukrainians back to the Orthodoxy. This was a part of coordinated policy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, central government and local authorities. Although one can find traces of similar persecutions in Vojvodina and Dalmatia, this oppression against Greek Catholics were the most severe in Bosnia. The local community of Greek Catholic Ukrainians in Bosnia had a rather long tradition since the time of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and up to the 1918 they have managed to organize their ecclesiastical hierarchy. According to the author’s opinion, these persecutions of Greek Catholics in Bosnia, followed with an aggressive Orthodox proselytism, should be viewed in the context of the government’s policy towards the Catholic Church, which was at that time exceptionally unfavorable