Vilchovec [Ru] Olchowiec[Polish]
Krosno District, present day SE Poland
Lemko Surnames cited by Krasovs'kyj from 1787 Austrian Cadastral Records
Parish Data: [from Blazejowskyj and Iwanusiw]
Church was "Translation of Saint Nicholas" [1934] [still standing]
The wooden church erected in 1934 was not yet completed in 1936. It replaced an older wooden church of the same name that had been purchased from Rusyn lands in the Hungarian Empire south of the Carpathians in 1792. This church was transported to the site.
In 1785 the village lands comprised 14.5 sq km. There were 310 Greek Catholics 0 Roman Catholics and 0 Jews
1840 - 492 Greek Catholics
1859 - 409 Greek Catholics
1879 - 371 Greek Catholics
1899 - 442 Greek Catholics
1926 - 416 Greek Catholics
1936 - 447 Greek Catholics
The village was incorporated in to the Lemko Apostolic Administration in 1934
In 1936 there were 17 Roman Catholics, 250 Orthodox, 22 Protestants and 7 Jews
Villages served by the priest were: BARANJE6km, ROPJANKA 3km, and VILSHNJA 2.5km
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