Internment of Greek Catholic Clergy by Polish Authorities in 1918–1919
Journal: AREI
Year: 2026

The history of relations between the Polish state and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church during the wars of independence fought by Poland and the West Ukrainian People’s Republic remains under-researched. These relations were difficult due to the unsolvable conflict over the ownership of Eastern Galicia. As the national Ukrainian Church, the Greek Catholic Church’s position was unequivocally in favour of building the nation’s statehood, which inevitably prompted a response from the Polish side