Petar Čule
Croatian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Mostar-Duvno (1898-1985) · Religious Figures · Died at 87
Petar Čule was a Herzegovinian Croat prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Mostar-Duvno and of apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1942 until his retirement in 1980. After his retirement, he was named titular archbishop of Giufi in present-day Tunisia.
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The former Jesuit gymnasium in Travnik, now the Catholic School Centre "Petar Barbarić"
Čule's doctoral diploma
The Herzegovinian Franciscan Radoslav Glavaš, who headed the Department of Religion, participated in the making of the protest note against Čule's appointment
Franciscan friary in Tolisa where Čule was transferred after being released from the prison in 1955About this person
Serving as bishop during World War II, Čule was an opponent of the Ustaše regime in the Independent State of Croatia, helping to save the persecuted Serbs and political dissidents. Imprisoned under false accusations by the communists in 1948 and released only in 1955, he was also a political victim of communist political persecution.
