Tsarist repression against the clergy of the Diocese of Kujawy and Kalisz after the January Uprising Cover Image

Represje carskie wobec duchowieństwa diecezji kujawsko-kaliskiej po powstaniu styczniowym
Tsarist repression against the clergy of the Diocese of Kujawy and Kalisz after the January Uprising

Author(s): Józef Szymański
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Political history, Social history
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: the January Uprising; the year 1863; the Catholic clergy; the Diocese of Kujawy and Kalisz

Summary/Abstract: All social strata of the Poles both from the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania and Belarus took part in the national uprising in 1863. The Catholic diocesan and monastic clergy also joined this extraordinary uprising. In the Diocese of Kujawy and Kalisz, 87 out of 354 priests were directly repressed in various ways for their patriotic and national activities. Many of them were sentenced to hard labour in Siberia, to settlement in distant regions of the empire, imprisonment, fines and surveillance. This repression hampered the realization of the mission of the Church, but did not break its will and spirit in the struggle for the rights of the Nation.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 105
  • Page Range: 303-328
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish