Ks. Jan Związek (1937–2020). President of the Association of Church Archivists

Priest prof. dr hab. Jan Związek, historian and archivist. He was a scientist who combined didactic work with active organizational activity. Pr. J. Związek was the first president of the Association of Church Archivists in Poland. During his term of office, he united the community of archivists and historians around the issue of education, and it was then that he managed to open a Postgraduate Study in Church Archives at the University of Silesia and to conduct office courses for religious Congregations. SAK started to publish the periodical “Archiva Ecclesiastica” dealing with problems in the field of church archivistics. Importantly, thanks to the scientific involvement of Pr. J. Zawiązka, SAK members actively participated in scientific conferences and for the first time SAK organized its own section during the sessions of the 5th Congress of Polish Archivists in Olsztyn. Fr. J. The Association was appointed to the Archives Council at the Head Office of State Archives. Contribution of Fr. J. The relationship to the development of church archivistics in Poland is invaluable. In 2020, Pr. Jan Związek died in Częstochowa and was buried in his home parish in Działoszyn.