Klasztory rewindykowane i nowe zakonów męskich okresu staropolskiego w diecezji łódzkiej
Men's monasteries of the Old Polish period vindicated and those newly founded in the diocese of Łódź

Summary/Abstract: The activities of orders in Poland are closely connected with the functioning of the Catholic Church and the history of our homeland. The aim of this article is to present the history of old orders in the diocese of Łódź. Initially, it focuses on those orders which after the period of dissolutions not only returned to some of their monasteries but also organised new monastic communities. Before the collapse of the First Polish Republic, in the territory of the future diocese of Łódź, there were 8 male orders which altogether owned 13 monasteries: Dominicans (Łęczyca, Piotrków Trybunalski), Conventual Franciscans (Łagiewniki, Piotrków Trybunalski), Bernardines (Piotrków Trybunalski, Łęczyca), Franciscans of the Strict Observance (Brzeziny, Lutomiersk), Canons Regular of the Lateran (Kłodawa), Carmelites of the Ancient Observance (Kłodawa), Jesuits (Piotrków Trybunalski, Łęczyca), and Piarists (Piotrków Trybunalski). However, in 1918, when Poland regained its independence, none of the male monastic communities were still in existence. The orders which did not return to their monasteries in the period of the Second Polish Republic were Canons Regular of the Lateran, Carmelites of the Ancient Observance, Piarists and Dominicans.

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