Sources for the history of the Roman Catholic Church and the Armenian Catholic Church in the collections of the State Archive of the Lviv region in Lviv-the fonds of the Provincial Office, Archival inventory

Tomasz Krzyżowski

Abstract

The publication focuses on the fragment of the inventory of the archival fonds no1: Provincial Office in Lviv, the description no 14: the department of religious denominations from the collections of the State Archive of the Lviv region in Lviv. The archival inventory was described in 1972 in the Russian language by the Soviet archivists in accordance with the principles of the archives in the USSR. The following edition contains the selected archival units which contain sources concerning the activities of the Roman Catholic Church and the Armenian Catholic Church.  In terms of the territorial range in the aspect of the state administration, the materials refer to the region of Lviv, Tarnopol and Stanisławów. In terms of the Roman Catholic Church administration, they cover the area of the Archdiocese of Lviv, the Diocese of Przemyśl and Tarnów. In the case of the Armenian Catholic Church, they refer to the Armenian   Archdiocese with the seat in Lviv. Archival materials forming the description no 14 were produced by the offices of the state administration at various levels and ecclesiastical offices: the diocesan curia, the cathedral chapter, parish offices and theological seminaries, the representatives of the clergy and laity. The discussed archival units include the following materials: sources for the erection and the administrative division of the parish;  grants for the renovation and construction works and the equipment of the church; the financial and economic documentation; materials referring to the land and property of the Church, the repayment of taxes, leasing; the records relating to the diocesan clergy, among others, nominations for the parish priests and the payment of wages and subsidies; the archival materials concerning theological seminaries, the diocesan curia, cathedral chapters; the documents on the activities of the Provincial Office and the Religious Fund, among others, reports on the distribution of funds allocated by the authorities to the Church; as well as sources on the territorial organization of the Church and documentation (mainly financial and economic) on the activity of male and female religious congregations.