Požega Diocese building

On the central Holy Trinity Square, our eyes set on the former Jesuit “College” which is now the seat of Požega Diocese, the Bishops’s residence and residence of his colleagues, used also as the Diocese administration offices. It was built by the Jesuits from 1709 to 1711 on the grounds next to the medieval St. Lawrence Church. It was the residence of the Jesuits who established the first educational facility in 1699, Gimnazija (High School), which housed the “Academia Posegana” in the mid 18th century.  Following the abolishment of the Jesuit order in 1773 it was repossessed by the state and in 1835 it was bought by the archbishop of Zagreb, Aleksandar Alagović, who repurposed it as an orphanage, later a boarding school for underprivileged students. It assumed its current appearance in 1904 when the third floor and the new Neo-Baroque facade were added. The building was previously extended and connected to St. Lawrence Church. In 1946 the communist rule took over the building from the Zagreb archdiocese and made it into a dormitory for high school students. Later on the building was used for various purposes. It was finally returned to the archdiocese in 1994 and with the foundation of the Požega Diocese in 1997, the building became its seat. It was redecorated to meet the needs of the diocese in the period between 1998 to 2001.

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