Institute for the Historical Geography of the Church in Poland

Lokalizacja	51°24'N, 22°55'E
Adres do korespondencji	Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin
Siedziba	ul. Chopina 29/9, 20-023 Lublin
Telefon	+48 81 45 45 328
E-mail	geo-ecclesiae@kul.pl

Mission

The Institute for the Historical Geography of the Church in Poland was founded by Professor Jerzy Kłoczowski. Formally established in 1957 as an agenda of the Learned Society of the Catholic University of Lublin, it became an independent research unit of the Catholic University of Lublin in 1968, and in 2010 it was incorporated into the structure of the Faculty of Humanities of the University.

The Institute for the Historical Geography of the Church in Poland is the main research centre for the study of the history and spatial organization of the Catholic Church and other Christian denominations in Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Institute implements a research plan on socio-religious geography using new geoinformation technologies (spatial databases and GIS technologies) and conducting publishing series, e.g. Materiały do Atlasu Historycznego Chrześcijaństwa w Polsce (Materials for the Historical Atlas of Christianity in Poland), Studia i Materiały do Historii Chrześcijaństwa w Polsce (Studies and Materials for the History of Christianity in Poland), Geografia Historyczna Kościoła w Polsce (Historical Geography of the Church in Poland).

Since its founding, the Institute has cooperated with various academic centres in Poland and abroad. The annual national scientific conference for historians of religious orders is one of the scientific events regularly organized by the Institute.

Projects

• Atlas of Monasteries in Poland, 10th-21th Centuries (2017-2022)

The research project entitled Atlas of Monasteries in Poland, 10th-21st Centuries is funded by the National Programme for the Development of Humanities (under contract No. 0273/NPRH5/H11/84/2017). The head of the project is Prof. Henryk Gapski.

• Territorial Divisions of the Latin Church in the Republic (X-XXI century). From Data Harmonization to Synthesis (2022-2027)

The research project entitled Territorial Divisions of the Latin Church in the Republic (X-XXI centuries). From Data Harmonization to Synthesis is funded by the National Programme for the Development of Humanities (under contract No. NPRH/DN/SP/495771/2021/10). The head of the project is Bogumił Szady, PhD Hab., director of the Institute.

• Hutters in the Zamoyski Family Entail - A History of an Environmentally Conditioned Social Group

The research project entitled Hutters in the Zamoyski Family Entail - A History of Environmentally Conditioned Social Group is funded by the National Science Centre under the PRELUDIUM BIS programme (No 2021/43/O/HS3/01373). The head of the project is Bogumił Szady, PhD Hab., director of the Institute, while the doctoral student is Dominik Róg, MA.

Publications

• Historical Geography of the Church in Poland
• History of Christianity in Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Works of the Center for Research on Historical Geography of the Church in Poland of the Catholic University of Lublin (until 2010: Works of the Institute of Historical Geography of the Church in Poland of the Catholic University of Lublin)
• Source Materials for the History of the Church in Poland
• Studies on the History of the Catholic Church in Poland
• Materials for the Historical Atlas of Christianity in Poland
• Library of Social and Religious History of the Institute of Historical Geography of the Church in Poland (since 2010 Research Centre)
• Studies and Materials for the History of Christianity in Poland

Research data (geo-ecclesiae)

This is the research data of the Institute for Historical Geography of the Church in Poland, which is the main centre for the study of the history and spatial organization of the Catholic Church and other Christian denominations in the areas of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Team

Bogumił Szady, PhD Habil. - director of the Institute

Edyta Chomentowska, PhD

Artur Karpacz, MA

Robert Kozyrski, PhD Habil.

Joanna Kumor-Mielnik, PhD

Jadwiga Monika Kupczewska, PhD

Dominik Róg, PhD Student

Marek Słoń, PhD Habil.

Ewa Warczak, MA

Cooperation

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  Institute of History Tadeusz Manteuffel of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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  GIS-EXPERT

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  CENAGIS

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  Museum of the Eastern Territories of the Former Republic of Poland

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  Institute for Catholic Church Statistics

Contact

Address for correspondence

• Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin

Headquarters

• ul. Chopina 29/9, 20-023 Lublin

Telephone

• +48 81 45 45 328

E-mail

• geo-ecclesiae@kul.pl