John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

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The Catholic University of Lublin (Polish: Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Katolicki Paweł II ) - short KUL - is a private Catholic University in Lublin, Poland. In June 2007 18.582 students were enrolled.

It was founded in 1918, as a legal successor and partly with the professors from there acquired the same year, repealed by the Soviet government Roman Catholic Theological Academy in St. Petersburg. Until 1928 it was called Uniwersytet Lubelski. In 1938, she earned the Habilitation. Since 1934 there is a Scientific Society of the KUL, since 1983, the Ecumenical Institute and the John Paul II Institute, which since the pontificate of Pope John Paul II has been a leading scientific position. In the time of the People's Republic of Poland KUL was one of the main bastions in the fight against communism.

The Senate of the University decided on 4 April 2005, the university in "Catholic University of Lublin John Paul II " rename ( Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Katolicki Paweł II).

Faculties

Currently, the KUL has five faculties:

• Faculty of Theology
• Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration
• Faculty of Philosophy
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Social Sciences.

Known teachers

Known teachers in the history of the Catholic University of Lublin ( before the Second World War, during the occupation, the professors of the university taught entirely secret in Lublin, Warsaw and Kielce, after the Second World War):

• Idzi Radziszewski ( and first president ),
• Stanisław Ptaszycki,
• Jerzy Manteuffel,
• W. Strzelecki,
• Wieslaw Chrzanowski,
• Tadeusz Guz,
• S. Kaminski,
• Jerzy Kłoczowski,
• Mieczysław Albert Krąpiec,
• Adam Strzembosz,
• Tomasz Strzembosz
• Tadeusz Styczeń
• Stefan Świężawski
• Stanisław Wielgus (Rector 1989-98 )
• Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II )