Efforts to Reactivate the Uniate Church in Lublin Region in the Interwar Period
Efforts to Reactivate the Uniate Church in Lublin Region in the Interwar Period

Summary/Abstract: In the interwar period, the Roman Catholic Church took the action for acquiring faithful of Orthodox Church, retaining nevertheless their native rite. This action is called the Neo-Union. The scene of it became, among others, the then Lublin region. The action proceeded quite inten¬sively in the north part of this area, in the Catholic diocese of Podlasie (Podlachia). The bishop of Podlasie was an enthusiast of Neo-Union, while the bishop of Lublin took a much more careful position. For many reasons of internal as well as external nature, the results of taken action were rather slight. Almost all created then pastoral institutions were closed down, mainly during the Second World War. The only existing today is the Neo-Union parish in Kostomłoty.

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