Szczecin, Koszalin, Gorzów Wlkp. i Zielona Góra. Co nas łączy? Historia metropolii szczecińsko-kamieńskiej

Abstract

Outlined here is not exhaustive depth about all the issues. However, it should be noted that Szczecin and Koszalin lie in Western Pomerania and Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra in the Middle Oder , however, that the last two towns for years weighed on the region (the first one) and Silesia (second). Moreover, both Zielona Góra and Gorzów Wielkopolski never belonged to the historical land of Lubuskie with its capital in the current German Lebus (Lubusz). Ecclesiastically the situation was much more complicated. In the Middle Ages, Szczecin, Koszalin and Gorzów Wielkopolski lay in the diocese Kamień (Gorzów Wielkopolski from 1296 onwards), and Zielona Góra in the diocese of Wroclaw. In the Diaspora, when the Catholic Church since the nineteenth century began to recover, all the cities included in Wroclaw ecclesiastical jurisdiction. This shared history lasted more than 100 years (1821-1930). Returned to it after the Second World War, when the city became part of the Church Gorzów (1945-1972) and again upon the creation of Szczecin-Kamień Metropolis (1992), but this time in a normal ecclesial reality. It is therefore hoped that I Szczecin Metropolitan Synod Szczecin-Kamień, introducing new joint church action, even more will revive this one.