COMMUNISM'S NEGOTIATED COLLAPSE:
THE POLISH ROUND TABLE TALKS OF 1989,
TEN YEARS LATER
A Conference at the University of Michigan, April 7-10, 1999

Bishop of the Diocese of Lowicz since 1982, Alojzy Orszulik (b. 1928) co-organized and participated in the Round Table negotiations as an observer for the Catholic Church. He received his master's degree in canon law from the Catholic University of Lublin in 1961 and was a lecturer in this field until 1989. Bishop Orszulik has held several positions in the Polish Episcopate including Director of the Press Department (1968-93) and Deputy to the Secretary (1989-94). He has served as a member and Secretary of the Joint Commission of the Government and Episcopate of Poland since 1980 and has been a consultant to the Papal Council for Social Media since 1974.

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