Rubrycele i elenchusy diecezji krakowskiej z lat 1801-1848

Abstract

The study has covered the collections of the Diocese Archive in Kielce (31 out of 48 prints have been preserved), the Library of the Higher Seminary in Kielce (19 out of 48 prints preserved), the Archive of the Metropolitan Curia in Krakow (42 out of 48 prints preserved), the Jagiellonian Library (46 out of 48 prints preserved). In the course of this research, copies of directoria and ordination lists of the Krakow Diocese for particular years have been studied. The year 1804 has been found to be exceptional. Out of the printed texts studied, 22 were not listed in the Polish Bibliography. In the period at issue, the example of the Krakow Diocese makes it possible to demonstrate the emergence of advanced forms of ordination lists. In the early 19th century, there were only simple types of ordination lists, enumerating members of cathedral chapters as well as deceased priests. From 1812 onwards, there were complete yearbooks, in the 1830s enriched with information concerning the clergymen’s ages, as well as numbers of their parishioners, non-Catholics and Jews. It is to be noted that further liturgical studies are needed in the case of the directoria.