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The aim of the article is to present the profile of Bolesław Kominek, who played a significant role in the work of the Conference of the Polish Episcopate and its specialist committees. Formally, since 1954 he was a member of ECP, but participated in meetings since the end of 1956. The research problem is to characterise his activity, which included several areas of action: the preparation of pastoral letters, addresses and pastoral words; participation in the formation of relations with the authorities of the Polish People’s Republic; contribution to regulating the status of the Catholic Church in the Western and Northern Lands; study work related to the reorganization of the structures of the Polish ecclesial administration; contacts with the Holy See; episcopal conferences and participation in Vatican gatherings. An important part of his engagement at the Episcopal Conference of Poland was work in specialist committees. During his twenty years of ministry, Bishop Bolesław Kominek was a member of the following bodies: The Pastoral Commission/General Pastoral Ministry of the Episcopate of Poland – President from 1958 to 1974; Commission Iustitia et Pax of the Episcopate of Poland – ecclesial assistant and chairman from 1968 to 1974; Commission for the Church in the Western and Northern Lands of the Episcopate of Poland – President from 1970 to 1972; Commission for Christian Charity/Charitable Ministry of the Episcopate of Poland – member from 1958 to 1967; the Marian Committee of the Episcopate of Poland – member from 1958 to 1974; Polish Episcopal Council Commission – member from 1963 to 1970. The author puts forward the hypothesis that the activity of the Wrocław hierarch, rich in many initiatives, not only shows the scope of his pastoral engagement, but allows to discover the depth of Bishop Kominek’s vision of the Church, better assess his impact on post-war ecclesial reality and appreciate the role of the spokesperson of Polishness in Western and Northern Lands. The text is based on unpublished archival materials and on the basis of the literature of the subject.
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Bolesław Kominek played a considerable role in the work of the Polish Bishops’ Conference (KEP) and its special committees. He had been a formal member of the KEP since 1954, but in practice he had participated in its sessions since 1956. From 1958 he had been a member of the Main Committee of the Polish Episcopate. His activity embraced several areas: preparing pastoral letters, addresses and messages; involvement in establishing relations with the Polish government (under the Communist regime); contributions to regulating the status of the Catholic Church in the western and northern parts of Poland; academic work pertaining to the reorganization of the structures of the Polish church administration; contacts with the Holy See, other bishops’ conferences and Vatican organizations. A major area of his activity on the forum of the Polish Bishops’ Conference was his work in special committees. In the period of twenty years of his service as a bishop, Bolesław Kominek had been a member of the following committees: General Pastoral Committee of the Polish Episcopate – chairman in 1968-1974; Iustitia et Pax Committee of the Polish Episcopate – assistant and chairman in 1968-1974; Committee on the Church in the Western and Northern Parts of Poland of the Polish Episcopate – chairman in 1970-1972; Committee for Pastoral Charity of the Polish Episcopate – member in 1958-1967; Marian Committee of the Polish Episcopate – member in 1958-1974; Council Committee of the Polish Episcopate – member in 1963-1970. This dedicated and creative activity of the Bishop of Wrocław shows not only the scope of his pastoral involvement, but also helps to discover the depth of his original vision of the Church, to better evaluate his impact on the ecclesial reality after the war, and to appreciate his role as a spokesman for the Western and Northern parts of Poland.
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This article focuses on activities of Bishop Michał Klepacz in the specialised committees of the Episcopate of Poland. Already in 1947, the Łódź Bishop was appointed to the Committee for Theological Studies at Church Faculties and in Seminaries, later transformed into the Studies/Studies and Seminars Committee chaired by the bishop in 1959–1967. Since 1947, he had also worked in the School Committee. Two years later, he was appointed a member of the Committee for Negotiations with the Government representing the Church (since 1956, that Committee operated as the Joint Committee of the PRL Government and the Episcopate of Poland Representatives), which was to standardise and organise relations between the Church and the Communist authorities. As a part of works of that Committee, he was one of the authors of the agreement of April 14, 1950. His activities in that body ended in 1963, with a unilateral freezing of its functioning by the PRL government. Bishop Michał Klepacz also made a substantial contribution to the works of the Press Committee, of which he was a member in the first half of the 1950s, and of the Council Committee. It should be added here that his involvement into that last body was strongly influenced by the fact that he was one of the few dignitaries of the Polish Church participating in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council.
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