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When were the Greek Catholics forced from Poland?

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Posted to Message board on December 23, 2012 by Fran.
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Can anyone tell me what time period the Green Catholics were forced out of Poland? THX

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Comment by Fran Barnosky on July 21, 2013 at 3:15am

Thank you Mary. This info came from a possible relative that I visited in Poland several years ago and was told through an interpreter. I very well may have gotten it wrong. Perhaps she was talking about the “Catholic occupation of Greek Catholic Church property confiscated by the state in the late 1940s” as stated in the article you referred me to.

Comment by mary.dzurichko on April 6, 2013 at 4:20pm

Fran,
I don’t know that they were forced out. The Catholic Church was oppressed by the Soviets, however that ended with the fall of the USSR. It does seem that the majority of the Greek Catholics in Poland are actually Ukranian, or Ruthenian, not Polish. I found this on the internet: http://countrystudies.us/poland/41.htm which, of course, doesn’t mean it’s true. ;-D

Mary

Comment by Fran Barnosky on December 23, 2012 at 7:40pm

Sorry, I meant GREEK Catholics!