Próby reaktywowania działalności Kościoła greckokatolickiego w Polsce w latach 1947-1958

Abstract

ATTEMPTS TO REACTIVATE THE ACTIVITY OF THE GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH IN POLAND IN 1947-58 The article presents attempts to reactivate the activity of the Greek Catholic Church in Poland in 1947-58. The process of liquidating the structures of the Greek Catholic Church in 1947 and the special powers that Cardinal August Hlond received in this respect are presented. The author shows the fate of Greek Catholics during the period of displacement within the ‘Vistula Operation’ and the attitude of the Roman Catholic hierarchy to their relocation. An attempt to include Greek Catholics in the Orthodox Church in the early 1950s is also described, as well as the new possibilities of changing the situation of the clergy and Greek Catholic faithful after 1956. Ultimately, the Roman Catholic hierarchy agreed to hold Greek Catholic services in the western and northern territories of Poland within the Roman Catholic Church, but no consent was given to creating its structures. The reconstruction of the structures of this Church took place only in 1990.