Blaško Rajić

Blaško Stipan Rajić (Szabadka / Subotica, January 7, 1878 – Subotica, January 3, 1951) was a Bačka Croat Catholic priest, writer and politician. He wrote poetry and prose works. His areas of service was region Bačka, that at the time of his birth was a part of Austria-Hungary. After World War I, his city of birth became part of newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

He attended elementary school in Subotica, while his middle school education (gymnasium) and studium (theology) he had in Kalocsa.

After ending the study, he became priest on June 24, 1902.

His service as priest began in Bačka, southern Austria-Hungary, in 1902, in villages with numerous Croat inhabitants. First, he was the chaplain in Dusnok, where he stayed for few years. There he fought against Nasarenism.

In 1904 he's transferred to another village with numerous Croat inhabitants in southern Austria-Hungary, Hercegszántó. There he has remained for three years. After chaplainship in Hercegszántó, the service brought him back to his Subotica, where he was the chaplain until 1911.

Later he became the vicar in Subotica, and on that service he remained until his death in 1951.

He's the author of the prayer book Duhovna mana.

He early joined Illyrian movement, (Croatian national revival) along with Bačka Croats and Ivan Antunović.

After the death of priest Pajo Kujundžić in 1915, another Croat from Bačka, Rajić took the lead role among Croat priests in Bačka.

He has engaged himself intensely to pull Bačka into unified South Slavic country. Because of it, he travelled abroad and even participated at a Peace Conference in Paris.

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