Maria Dębowska

Maria Dębowska is an academic researcher affiliated with the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin's Center for Church Archives, Libraries and Museums. Her work focuses on ecclesiastical archives, monastic history, and the historical documentation of Polish dioceses, particularly in the Volhynia and Polesie borderlands.

Research Interests

• Archival methodologies for church records
• Polish clergy during World War II
• Monastic community chronicles (Norbertines in Imbramowice)
• Occupation-era religious administration
• Ecclesiastical governance in the Second Polish Republic

Publication Trends (2018-2025) show expertise in biographical compilation, diocesan archival systems, and post-war church reconstruction. She specializes in historical indexing and preservation of religious records, including 18th-century convent chronicles and WWII-era clergy testimonies.

Editorial Contributions include critical editions of Norbertine convent chronicles, clergy letters, and archival directories for the Lutsk Diocese. She has collaborated on multilingual studies of Catholic missions in Volhynia and church responses to totalitarian regimes.