Archiwum Diecezjalne w Tarnowie

Abstract

The Diocesan Archives in Tarnów is an institution, which has performed very important role in keeping up the memory and in meticulous maintenance of documents about persons and achievements gathered in 200-years-history of the Diocese of Tarnów. Up to the 1950s all documents were stored in the rooms of the Diocesan Curia and the Diocesan Museum. At the turn of 1957 and 1958 the Archives got its own room, but the Archives and the Diocesan Museum were interconnected as the one diocesan institution up to 1959. The Diocesan Archives in Tarnów was made a separate institution by Bishop Karol Pękala in 1959. The Diocesan Archives in Tarnów is the most important institution of this type in the whole Tarnów region. It has many valuable historical and scholarly resources. The most precious archival materials are from 15th century. There are about 50 parchments; among other things there is a Benedictine document from 1458. Very important resources are parish documents from 16th and 18th centuries as well. The Diocesan Archives in Tarnów also stores the records of the former collegiate churches in Tarnów, Nowy Sącz, Wojnicz and Bobowa. It is undoubtedly the merit and important institution of the Diocese of Tarnów. It can play important and responsible role not only for the diocese. It can be a very important centre of history, tradition and culture in Poland.