Abstract

The Second World War brought the complete annihilation of the administrative structures of the Archdiocese of Lviv and the eastern decanates of the Diocese of Przemyśl of the Latin Rite in the post-war area of the Soviet Union. As part of the evacuation of the former institution to Poland in 1946, the vast majority of the resources of the Archdiocesan Archives in Lwów were saved. However, a certain amount of archival material remained in situ.

The Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Lviv contains the following ensembles: Roman Catholic Metropolitan Consistory in Lviv 1790-1939, fond 618, op. 1; Roman Catholic Metropolitan Consistory in Lviv 1361-1948 – Metrical Books 1600-1948, fond 618, description 2; Roman Catholic Metropolitan Curia in Lviv until 1939, fond 831, description 1; Roman Catholic Theological Seminary in Lviv 1790-1939, fond 832, no. 1; Roman Catholic Metropolitan Chapter in Lviv 1417-1939, fond 197, description 1; Roman Catholic Metropolitan Chapter in Lviv 1429-1939, fond 197, description 2. In addition, noteworthy is the Roman Catholic Decanal Office in Zhovkva for the 15th-20th centuries, fond 778, description 1; Roman Catholic Parish Office in Gliniany 1397-1939, fond 815, description 1; and Roman Catholic Parish Office in Yavoriv 1454-1939, fond 127, description 1.

The holdings of the State Registry of Civil Status Records of the Lviv region in Lviv hold the metric books of the Roman Catholic parishes of the Lviv archdiocese and the Przemyśl diocese within the borders of present-day Ukraine. The State Regional Archive in Ivano-Frankivsk holds metrics books from the area of the former Stanislavl Province (now Ivano-Frankivsk), produced by parishes of the Lviv Archdiocese. The State Regional Archive in Ternopil has analogous source materials of parishes from the former Ternopil province, also included in the administrative structure of the local Church of Lviv.