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Działania władz komunistycznych wobec Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego w Białymstoku na przełomie lat pięćdziesiątych i sześćdziesiątych XX wieku

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Sychowicz K.

Rocznik Teologii Katolickiej

2016

vol. 15

issue 1

Since the moment of coming into being the Seminary in Białystok was in the sphere of interest the omnipresent secret police after the Second World War. According to the secret police, it was negative to familiarize seminarians with structures of teenager organizations, namely with the Scouts; the meetings of ex-scouts and the symphatizers of the organization which took place in Białystok were not positive, either .The statements and seminarians’ attitudes towards the Seminary in Białystok aroused the interest of the secret police. At the turn of 50s and 60s there was a period of official ‘political thaw’ nevertheless, it was a period of priests which –hunt and an attempt of taking supervision over seminaries by authorities. In province Białystok the situation in the Seminaries was analyzed by the secret police, emphasising the low recruitment standards which were caused by the seminarians military conscription. The official actions of administrative authorities met with bishop Władysław Suszyński resistance which was gradually breaking down. The restrictions on his activity were being developed in the next years, as an example of restrictions could be a telegram sent by the Religious Office in Warsaw to Religious Departament of the National Council Presidium in Białystok on 29th June, 1965. It was indicated in the message that there were possibilities of negative consequences in relation to the Seminary in Białystok because of the Seminaries’ definitely negative attitude towards authorities and law regulations.

Likwidacja Wileńskiego Seminarium Duchownego w 1945 roku

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Zavadzka A.

Rocznik Teologii Katolickiej

2016

vol. 15

issue 1

The seminary in Białystok was formed as a result of a closure of a Seminary in Vilnius, which was founded by the bishop of Vilnius Jerzy Radziwiłł on 11th January 1582. In 1925 the Vilnius Seminary was merged with the Theological Department of Stefan Batory University (USB). In December 1939 USB was liquidated, however the Theological Department acted in secret. After mass arrests of professors and clerical students, in March 1942 bishop Romuald Jałbrzykowski and Rev. Adam Sawicki were imprisoned. A seminary was liquidated and was not reopned until October 1944. Unfortunately, authorities closed the Vilnius Seminary on 20th February 1945. Bishop R. Jałbrzykowski made a decision to move the Seminary to Białystok, where in spring, on the 8th of May 1945 it commenced its activity. A month later an order was given to remove the archbishop R. Jałbrzykowski from Vilnius. He left for Bialystok on 15th July 1945. From here he managed the part of the Vilnius archdiocese which stayed within the Poland’s borders.

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Działania władz komunistycznych wobec Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego w Białymstoku na przełomie lat pięćdziesiątych i sześćdziesiątych XX wieku

Likwidacja Wileńskiego Seminarium Duchownego w 1945 roku