Stories from Przemyśl · Poland

A funeral prayer for the long-time chairman of the Polish Bishops' Conference was held in the crypts of the archcathedral in Przemyśl. Bishop Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, the emeritus Metropolitan of Krakow and long-time personal secretary of Saint John Paul II, led the prayer.

A 'last farewell' was expressed for a figure associated with the Catholic Archdiocese of Przemyśl and Catholic Action in Poland. The individual had recently urged followers on their name day to 'Do what you can. Tell everyone about Catholic Action.

Archbishop Józef Michalik, the retired Metropolitan of Przemyśl, has died at the age of 85. The news was reported by the Przemyśl Archdiocese. He had previously served as a prominent hierarch within the church. Józef Michalik, the long-time chairman of the Polish Episcopal Conference, has died at the age of 85. He served 61 years as a priest and 39 years as a bishop. Michalchik served as the Metropolitan of Przemyśl from 1993 to 2016. He was ordained as a bishop by Pope John Paul II. A former bishop of the Zielona Góra-Gorzów diocese and later a metropolitan archbishop has died at the age of 85 in May.

Forty-three thousand new scans of documents from Ukraine have arrived at the state archive in Przemyśl. These records include information on the activities of Polish schools in the Lwow Voivodeship during the Second Polish Republic.

The State Archive in Przemyśl received 43,000 new scans of documents from Ukraine. Additional couples continue to submit applications to civil registry offices. These records include information regarding schools, teachers, and students from the pre-war Lwow Voivodeship. Archive director Elżbieta Laska stated the documents arrived through cooperation with archives in Lviv. The archive annually receives scans of Polish documents that were located across the eastern border following World War II. The records will be added to the archive's permanent collection. Archive director Elżbieta Laska confirmed the arrival of the copies, which resulted from cooperation with archives in Lwów. Approximately 43,000 document scans have arrived in Przemyśl. Over 500,000 digital scans of historical Ukrainian documents have been transferred to an archive in Przemyśl.