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