Social profile of the Roman Catholic clergy in BSSR (1944–1981)

  • Raisa V. Zianiuk Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Akademičnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Abstract

The article touches upon the Roman Catholic clergy as a social group in post-war time in Belarus. The research is based on prosopographic methodology, 292 biograms of the Roman Catholic clerics who worked in BSSR in post-war time were created and analyzed. As a result the following typical social profile of the Roman Catholic cleric was defined: diocesan priest, born in Poland or Belarus, graduate of Vilnia spiritual seminary, ordained before 1945, citizen of BSSR (USSR), ethnically Polish, condemned during 1945–1951 on the basis of art. 72 of the Criminal Code of BSSR.

Author Biography

Raisa V. Zianiuk, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Akademičnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

PhD (history); senior researcher at the department of historiography and methodology of historical research

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Published
2018-01-31
Keywords: BSSR, Roman Catholic church, Roman Catholic clergy, repression, social profile
Supporting Agencies The work was perfomed as part a grant of the Polish History Museum (Muzeum Historii Polski), 2017.
How to Cite
Zianiuk R. V. Social profile of the Roman Catholic clergy in BSSR (1944–1981) // Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2018. 1. PP. 41-50.
Section
Christianity in the historical fate of Belarus