Published: 2022-01-10

Vatican Secretariat of State on the situation in the Diocese of Katowice during the exile of the Silesian bishops in 1952 - 56

Michał Kłakus

Abstract

The present study complements the existing knowledge about the exile of the bishops of Katowice in the years 1952 – 56. Based on unknown  materials from the archives of the Vatican Secretariat of State, the author presents mechanisms of receiving information about the situation in Silesia at a time when official means of communication were difficult and controlled by the communist authorities.

He reveals to the readers the backstage of the actions taken by the Holy See in relation to the chapter curates imposed by the communist authorities. We learn about the exceptional role of bishop Józef Gawlina in these events.

Keywords: Adamski, expulsion of bishops, Katowice (Silesia), Gawlina, Vatican

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Kłakus, M. (2022). Vatican Secretariat of State on the situation in the Diocese of Katowice during the exile of the Silesian bishops in 1952 - 56. Silesian Historical and Theological Studies, 53(2), 211–237. https://doi.org/10.31261/SSHT.2020.53.2.03

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Vol. 53 No. 2 (2020)
Published: 2022-01-10


ISSN: 0137-3447
eISSN: 2956-6185

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Instytut Gość Media/Księgarnia św. Jacka

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