Tworzenie struktur parafialnych życia religijnego w Słupsku w latach 1945-1948
Establishing parish structures and religious life in Słupsk in the years 1945-1948

Summary/Abstract: The Catholic community in Słupsk began organizing their religious life in the first half of the nineteenth century. The first church services were regularly held from 1864 by the then parish priest of Koszalin, A. Pfeiffer. On 12 February 1866, a missionary parish was established. In 1873 St Otto’s Church was consecrated. Rev. F. Hübner became the first parish priest of Słupsk, and then he was succeeded by J. Hartmann, B. Mangelsdorff, C. Sauer, Adolf Pojda, and P. E. Gediga; from 29 May 1945 Jan Zieja was a parish priest, then Karol Chmielewski and Henryk Hilchen. Assistant Curates: Józef Piekarek, Józef Szmurło, Leon Gliszczyński, Jerzy Gawrych, Michał Kądziołka and Wiktor Markiewicz.On Rev. Zieja’s initiative the following institutions were founded: Mother and Child Home in Słupsk, People’s University in Orzechów, and the Piotr Borowy Society.On 15 October 1947 St Otto’s Parish was divided into three communities: the Holy Family and Judas Thaddeus parish at 9 Grottger Street – Rev. Jan Zieja, St Otto’s parish with the parish church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus – Rev. Henryk Hilchen, and the parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Queen of the Holy Rosary – Rev. Karol Chmielewski.

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