Contrary to most previous studies, recent analyses of political events that took place at the beginning of the occupation indicate that on the eve of the attack of the Axis Powers on Yugoslavia leaders of the Slovene People’s Party did not strive to establish connections with the Western democratic powers (Great Britain). On the contrary, since the capitulation of France in the summer of 1940 they tried to closely lean toward the Axis. As a result, there has been a need for analyzing activities of the then political elite from a different angle. In light of this change it is also necessary to challenge and reinvent political actions of Dr. Gregorij Rožman, the then Bishop of Ljubljana. Based on relevant sources and literature, this paper suggests that with regard to his position, the role of Bishop Rožman was indeed specific but his political activities in the first months of the occupation were generally not significantly different from those undertaken by politicians in the homeland, who strived to resolve the Slovene question under the new order.Najnovejše razčlembe političnega dogajanja na začetku okupacije so v nasprotju z večino dosedanjih raziskav razkrile, da vodstvo SLS na predvečer napada sil osi na Jugoslavijo ni stremelo po povezavah z demokratičnimi zahodnimi silami (Veliko Britanijo), temveč si je že vse od kapitulacije Francije poleti 1940 prizadevalo za tesno naslonitev na sile osi, tako da se je pokazala potreba o spremembi zornega kota, s katerega motrimo delovanje tedanje politične elite. V luči teh ugotovitev je treba na novo umestiti in problematizirati tudi delovanje tedanjega ljubljanskega škofa dr. Gregorija Rožmana. Razprava na podlagi relevantnih virov in literature ugotavlja, da je bila vloga škofa Rožmana glede na njegov položaj sicer specifična, a se njegovo politično udejstvovanje v splošnih okvirih v prvih mesecih okupacije ni bistveno razlikovalo od delovanja politikov v domovini, ki so si prizadevali za rešitev slovenskega vprašanja v okviru novega reda
