2018Fr. Bernardin Sokol - First Day Cover

Bernardin Sokol, baptismal name Luka, was born on May 20th, 1888 in Kaštel Sućurac near Split. He joined the Franciscan Order in 1905 and was ordained as a priest in 1912. He studied music in Klosterneuburg near Vienna from 1915 to 1917. There he also studied canon law, morality, pastorality and liturgy. Afterwards, he taught morality, canon law and music in Dubrovnik. He continued his theological and music studies in Rome where he received his doctoral degree in theology in 1925. He completed his music studies in 1926 at the Pontifical Music School. From 1927 to 1932 he taught introduction to choral singing and church musicology at the Faculty of Theology in Zagreb.