https://doi.org/10.31261/WSN.2010.10.11
The symbol and guarantee of stability of the parish community — permanently established — are the founding decree of the diocese bishop, congregation connected with a given territory either permanently or temporarily, their own priest and a proper holy place devoted to conducting the cult of God. The area where the districts and settlements were developing within the borderline of Katowice was always close to a parish and its residents belonged to one of the parish churches in Bogucice, Czeladź, Michałkowice, Chorzów Stary, Mikołów, and Tychy. The borderlines of some parishes in Katowice were formerly determined by rivers and streams and currently also interchanges. By observing the process of creating new parishes in Katowice, the question arises on the origin of initiatives and their formation. The answer lies in the analysis of archive sources and the conclusion that the initiatives were launched either by the local people, the parish priest of the home parish, or by the Curia in Wrocław or Katowice. The dwellers of Katowice usually were in favor of shortening the way to church and participating in a full parish life. The motive raised by parish priests was their willingness to increase the level of religious life of the congregation. Occasional motives include places of tragedy, for example in “Kleofas” and “Wujek” mines, and the willingness to build a substitute temple to create the center of the cult of Saint Anne in the Katowice diocese. Currently, 37 parish communities of the Roman Catholic Church located in 22 Katowice districts belonging to four deaneries — Katowice Bogucice, Katowice Panewniki, Katowice Śródmieście, and Katowice Załęże — have legal stabilization. Over 300 thousand members of the congregation live there, among whom 276 clerics conduct pastoral services.
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