BUILDING OF WORSHIP PLACES IN THE NEW ZAGREB DURING THE COMMUNISTS’ REGIME. EXAMPLE OF THE PARISH UTRINA

Sa？etak Parish Utrina, as well as some of other parishes of the New Zagreb, was founded in the late 60s’ of the last century. In this period of the communist regime the building of the church was stopped already at the very beginning of the process. Namely, problems occurred even in the process of securing the permits regarding the building location. Public authorities opposed building by implementing bureaucratic stalling although the ecclesiastical authorities applied numerous pleas. In order to bypass this problem and accelerate the process, the Archdiocese of Zagreb has bought a housing space that consequently also became the residence of the parish priest, as well the place of worship and other pastoral activities. Finally, the issue is ultimately settled only after dissolution of the communists’ regime and independence of the Republic of Croatia, when all the administrative problems were resolved, and the church was erected