Sources for the history of Roman catholic parishes in the pre-autonomic Galicia (1772–1867) in the collection of the Central State Historic Archives of Ukraine on the example of the sets of Galician Regency and imperial-royal Galician Treasury Procuratoria (selected socio-economic aspects)

Abstract

This article discusses the sources useful in the studies on the history of Roman catholic parishes in Galicia in years 1772–1867 stored in the Central State Historic Archive of Ukraine in Lvov. The main focus has been on two sets, that of the Regency and Galician Treasury Procuratoria. Source materials from these sets allow to recall the history of socio-economic church institutions in the Austrian annexed territory. They contain information about their property status, legal rights to tithe and their obligations, descriptions of buildings (temples, living and storage buildings). Lvov materials are partially identical and partially complimentary to church archives in Poland (Diocese Archives in Tarnow). The article is complemented by appendix which contains scans of sample documents.