Church organization in Southeast Herzegovina (Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan) in the 17th century

Autor u radu opisuje crkveno uređenje jugoistočne Hercegovine u 17. stoljeću. Počevši od početka 17. stoljeća pa do kraja donosi na osnovi arhivske građe, sačuvane ponajviše u arhivu Kongregacije „de Propaganda Fide“ u Rimu, te pojednih objavljenih radova tijek crkvenog ustrojstva jugoistočne Hercegovine odnosno Trebinjsko-mrkanske biskupije. Opisani prostor je na početku 17. stoljeća imao dvije župe u kojima su djelovala dvojica svećenika. Na kraju stoljeća biskupija je bila podijeljena u 4 župe s pet svećenika. Kroz 17. stoljeće trebinjsko-mrkanskom biskupijom upravljalo je šest biskupa. Na njezinu prostoru djelovala su 23 po imenu poznata svećenika
In this article, the author describes the church organization of southeast Herzegovina in the 17th century. The author describes the history of church organization in southeast Herzegovina, i.e. the diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan, from the beginning until the end of the century. The description is based on archive material preserved mostly in the Vatican archive of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith and on individual published works. At the beginning of the 17th century, the diocese of TrebinjeMrkan had two parishes run by two priests. At the end of the century the diocese had four parishes and five priests. Over the course of the 17th century, six bishops occupied the seat of Trebinje-Mrkan, and 23 priests known by name served in the diocese.