Ksiądz Aleksander Murat – student historii i duszpasterz polonijny
Father Aleksander Murat – Student of History and Priest of the Polish Migration
Author(s): Grzegorz MisiuraSubject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Migration Studies
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: pastoral care; Father Aleksander Murat; Polish Catholic Mission in France; Polish Catholic Mission in England and Wales; Polish Migration
Summary/Abstract: Father Aleksander Murat (1911-1984) was a priest of the Lublin diocese. During the study of the history at The Catholic University of Lublin he was employed there as a junior assistant. After the outbreak of the World War II first he was been a military chaplain, then he was imprisoned in the Castle of Lublin and from there he sent to concentration camps in Sachsenhausen and Dachau. There he lived to see the liberation. He was gone to France where he was a chaplain of the local Polish migration and from 1948 he settled in Great Britain. He was remembered as a longtime priest of the Polish parish in Leicester.
Journal: Studia Polonijne
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 44
- Page Range: 273-292
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish