CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
Menu
Research dossier · Places & Architecture

Corpus Christi Church, Zagreb

church building in Zagreb, Croatia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ132077244 ↗
Source-derived summary

Corpus Christi Church, Zagreb (Croatian: Župna crkva Tijela Kristova u Zagrebu) is a Catholic parish church located in the neighbourhood Sopot of Zagreb, Croatia.

History

The parish church of Corpus Christi was built in 2005. In 2013, it was consecrated by the then Archbishop of Zagreb, Cardinal Josip Bozanić.

Architecture

The conceptual designer of the church was architect Ivica Čizmek, and the executive designer was architect Hrvoje Krajač. The construction of the church was financed by the faithful and the Archdiocese of Zagreb.

Editorial summary

“Corpus Christi Church, Zagreb” enters the record as church building in Zagreb, Croatia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Corpus, Christi and Church can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005, 2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2013. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Corpus, Christi and Church.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Corpus Christi Church, Zagreb” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Corpus, Christi and Church provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q132077244. Authority coordinates are 45.772, 15.985. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2005 and 2013.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Corpus Christi Church, Zagreb”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Corpus Christi Church, Zagreb primary sources, Corpus Christi Church, Zagreb archive and Corpus research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Corpus Christi Church, Zagreb”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Corpus Christi Church, Zagreb” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.