WŁADZE SAMORZĄDOWE WOJEWÓDZTWA ŚLĄSKIEGO WOBEC POWSTANIA ADMINISTRACJI APOSTOLSKIEJ NA GÓRNYM ŚLĄSKU
LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF THE SILESIAN VOIVODSHIP AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATION IN UPPER SILESIA

Summary/Abstract: The apostolic administration for polish Silesia was established by decree Sanctissimus Dominus noster on 7 november 1922. it covered an area which hitherto was part of the diocese of Wrocław and which was included in the polish state when the new borders were drawn up after the Silesian uprisings and the plebiscite. not accepting any continued sovereignty of the diocese of Wrocław over that part of the territory of the Second polish republic, the polish authorities insisted that a new church ad- ministration unit be created there. The authorities disapproved of the discriminatory practices used by wrocław bishops against the polish faithful and therefore demanded creation of a separate diocese. when the apostolic administration was created instead, they initially adopted a wait-and-see ap- proach. in addition, the new head of the adminis- tration, fr august Hlond, who was not particularly well known in Upper Silesia then, aroused concern. His attitude of tolerance towards German catholics caused controversy in the first period. The contro- versy calmed down with time and mutual trust and willingness to cooperate began to prevail, built on the conviction that the apostolic administrator’s line of action was right. The structure he administered, to which Cieszyn Silesia was added, was transformed into the diocese of Katowice after the concordat was signed in 1925.

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