Supervisions of churches in Kraków in the years 1800–1853. Organisation and responsibilities

The article presents the origins and the system of the institutions supervising Churches established by the Sejm of the Free City of Kraków in 1833. Their responsibility was mainly to supervise parish properties, of which they informed the government, and to participate in the construction and redecoration works around the churches, parochial houses, vicarages, cemetries etc. Supervising institutions included collators, parsons, parishoners and District Commissioners who represented the Governing Senate. The article also reconstructs a few cases of construction and redecoration works connected with churches and parish buildings in Kraków and in the so called Kraków District in which supervising offices played their role. The study is mainly based on the archival documents from the National Archives in Kraków.

The article presents the origins and the system of the institutions supervising Churches established by the Sejm of the Free City of Kraków in 1833. Their responsibility was mainly to supervise parish properties, of which they informed the government, and to participate in the construction and redecoration works around the churches, parochial houses, vicarages, cemetries etc. Supervising institutions included collators, parsons, parishoners and District Commissioners who represented the Governing Senate. The article also reconstructs a few cases of construction and redecoration works connected with churches and parish buildings in Kraków and in the so called Kraków District in which supervising offices played their role. The study is mainly based on the archival documents from the National Archives in Kraków.