THE REPRESSIVE POLICY OF THE POLISH AUTHORITIES AGAINST THE GREEK CATHOLIC CLERGY 1919–1921
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15330/gal.32.67-73Keywords:
Greek Catholic clergy, repressive politics,, Polish governmental structures, confinement, arrestsAbstract
In the scientific article, the author reveals the attitude of Polish government structures to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic clergy in Galicia in 1919–1921. The author defines the nature of repressions against priests in this region.
On June 22, 1919 many Greek Catholic priests from different parts of Galicia: Anatol Dolyńskii, Ivan Halibei, Mykola Nyklych and others were taken to Lviv prison “Bridgits” without any guilt. Some of the priests founded themselves in a camp for prisoners at Stshalkovo near Poznan. The higher clergy also suffered persecution. In November 1918, in connection with the “separation in political life”, a search was carried out at the premises of the Przemysl bishop Josaphat Kotsylovsky. The polish officer, Karminski, behaved unce- remoniously with the Ukrainian lord Yo. Kotsylovskyi.
The scientific article also notes that the Greek Catholic clergy showed marked activity during the census of the population in September 1921. The general population census of 1921 turned into a peculiar anti- occupational plebiscite.
