Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (to St. Louis County, MN)
Note: The map that shows the Wielkopolskie/Kujawsko-Pomorskie area and the county map next to that map are courtesy of Wikipedia. The short descriptions about the towns and villages were also obtained from Wikipedia.
Świecie, Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian (Kujawsko-Pomorskie) Voivodeship
Świecie is a town in northern Poland with a population of 25,968 (2006). It is located in Świecie County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (it was previously in the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship), and It is 28 miles north-east of Bydgoszcz.
The Catholic church in Świecie that Duluth Poles likely belonged to is St. Andrew Bobola. The church was originally in the Chelmo Diocese and since 1992 has been in the Pelplin Diocese. Photos of St. Andrew Bobola Church
FamilySearch has records for the parish from 1672-1900. Some records are available online from home, while others can only be obtained from an LDS Affiliate location (the Hoffman Research Library is an affiliate) or at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
The Pomeranian Genealogical Association (PTG) has indexed records for this church. To learn more about how to use the PTG website, see the Kashubian section of From Poland to Minnesota.
There are three other Catholic churches in Świecie that were built more recently, so would not have been a parish that Duluth, MN Poles would have attended. They are:
– Christ the King – built in 1937
– St. Józefa – built in 1984
– Our Lady of Czestchowa and St. Stanislaus the Bishop – built in 1990