Uległy czy niezależny? Biskup Michał Klepacz w optyce aparatu bezpieczeństwa
Submissive or Independent? Bishop Michał Klepacz as Seen by the Security Apparatus
Author(s): Ewelina ŚlązakSubject(s): History
Published by: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej
Keywords: Bishop Michał Klepacz;Primate Stefan Wyszyński;Catholic Church;Security Service;Łódź Diocese;Episcopate of Poland
Summary/Abstract: Bishop Michał Klepacz was a major figure in the Catholic Church in People’s Poland.He became Bishop of Łódź, a diocese which had been particularly badly affected by thewar. As a bishop, he not only faced the privations caused by World War II, but also had tolead his diocese during the Stalinist period. Actively involved in forging relations betweenthe state and the Catholic Church, he was viewed by the Communist authorities as aneffective politician who sought to find compromise between the interests of the Churchand the interests of the new, anticlerical state authorities.
Journal: Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość.
- Issue Year: 36/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 530-548
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Polish