Prałatura pilska w świetle schematyzmu z 1940 r.

Abstract

The Piła Prelature was a Church administration unit that existed until 1945 in Germany at the borderland with Poland. Despite the shape of its territory that was not advantageous, it had a rather well formed Church structures. In the light of the 1940 schematism the center of the prelature was situated in Piła. It was headed by Prelate Franz Hartz who was helped by the Prelature consistory. The Prelature did not have its own seminary and the seminarians were educated in the Warmia Diocese in Braniewo. The territory of the prelature was divided into 8 deaconates and 87 parishes, or units equal to them (curacies, local vicariates). Canonically 130 priests belonged to the Prelature. 76 of them held the offices of parish priests or ones equal to those (administrator of the parish, curate), 32 were parish assistants, 5 were full time school catechists, 5 worked in the diocese administration without holding pastoral offices, 1 was a military chaplain, 6 worked in other dioceses, 3 were retired, 1 did not have any duties, and one neo-presbyter was waiting for application. In 2 monasteries there were 10 monastic priests and 5 monks, and in 30 convents there were 142 nuns.