Wkład Kościoła katolickiego w proces demokratyzacji życia na Śląsku Opolskim po 1989 roku
The contribution of the Catholic Church to the process of democratization of the life in Opole Silesia after 1989

Summary/Abstract: The sociopolitical changes in Poland which took place in 1989 gave rise to the fall of the communism in the whole of central and Eastern Europe. The process was also naturally extended over Opole Silesia, where a particular role was played by the bishop of Opole Diocese, the rev. Alfons Nossol. If John Paul II’s pilgrimage to Saint Anna’s mount on 21 June 1983 could be considered the most significant event of the first decade of a. Nossol’s service as a bishop, then the successive two decades were rich in a great number of his achievements. The paper discusses the situation relating to the language in the catholic church in the 20th century, with a special inclusion of the fact of the removal of the German language from the liturgy after 1945, as well as the restoration of it to be part of the priest’s service in 1989. It also brings to closer light the background of bishop A. Nossol’s performing the holy mass in Krzyżowa on 12 November 1989. Apart from that, the author mentions the role which the bishop of Opole played in establishing the university of opole in 1994 and his support for the efforts to leave Opole Voivodeship as an individual province on the administrative map of Poland in 1998.

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