The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

The studies in canon law have been an integral part of the curriculum ever since the establishment of the Catholic University of Lublin in 1918. It was as early as in 1918 when the University opened the Faculty of Law and Socio-Economic Sciences and the Faculty of Canon Law and Moral Sciences. After the war, the Faculty of Canon law resumed its operation and continued incessantly until 1984. In that year, in relation to the resumption of legal studies, the Faculty of Canon Law and Legal Sciences was created with the Section of Canon Law. Despite the faculty being renamed twice (to the Faculty of Canon and Secular Law in 1989 and to the Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration in 1999), the section's name remained unaltered until 2005.

On 15^th February 2005, the Section of Canon Law was transformed into the Institute of Canon Law. As of 1^st of September 2008, the institute has comprised 9 departments (History of the Sources of Polish Church Law, Matrimonial and Family Church Law, Church Property Law, Church Procedural Law, Law of Eastern Catholic Churches, Theology and General Norms of Canon Law, Public Constitutional and Church Law, Sacramental Law and the Law of Institutes of Consecrated Life, Canonisation Law). The Institute of Canon Law enjoys its own statute, approved by the Holy See, which defines the objectives and mission of the institute.