The article describes the development of the Catholic Church in the Opole region in the years 1945-1965. Boleslaw Kominek, the Chapter Vicar Fr Emil Kobierzycki and the Ordinary Bishop Franciszek Jop. Particular attention was given to the question of the regulation of the Apostolic Administration, the state of the diocesan and religious clergy, the functioning of the seminary and the forms of ordinary and extraordinary pastoral ministry. The restoration of churches and the question of post-Protestant churches were also presented. Publishing activities were discussed.