Historical outline

The first mention of Dublany dates back to the 15th century. It was then that Władysław II Jagiełło granted this village to Jan Mężyk. Little is known about the real beginnings of the parish in Dublany. The figure of the first parson, named "Piotr", also appears in the annals of the 15th century, but nothing more is mentioned in the sources. The foundation act disappeared, so it was reconstructed in the following century on the basis of witnesses' testimonies. It was only on the basis of this document that King Augustus III approved the parish in 1750. At first, it belonged to the Sambork and later Drohobycz deanery. In the first centuries, it included a number of surrounding villages, but as they became independent and expanded, the pool of villages decreased.

Little is also known about the first church building that stood in the village. Sources state that it was richly furnished, but unfortunately it burnt down during the Tartar invasion in 1624. A few years later, therefore, a brick building was erected thanks to the initiative of Mikolaj from Žurov Danilovich and the help of donors.

It was not until 1737 that the construction of the third church in Dublany was completed. It was founded by the parish priest Ambroży Gątkowski. It was consecrated in 1743 by the Bishop of Przemyśl, Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski. The building had a wide patronage of saints. It was then the church of Our Lady of Sorrows, St Stanislaus and St Nicholas the Bishop. Sources (usually derived from visitation protocols) speak of the rich furnishings of the church. Among others, there are sixteen paintings and silver liturgical accessories.

Little is known about the history of the church in the 19th century. Towards the end of the century, the then owners of the estate (the Sozanskis) decided to expand the building. The church was enriched with new decoration and a "magnificent tower" was added to the façade. The interior polychrome was painted by a relative of the founders, the painter Michał Sozański. The church, in its new form, was consecrated in 1903 and from then on bore the name of St. Nicholas the Confessor Bishop.

Both the First and Second World Wars spared the church. Paradoxically, it was not until 1945 that the vicarage was occupied as a hospital, and after most of the parishioners left for Poland, the building was blown up. Fortunately, some of the furnishings were saved and a chapel from 1890 still stands on the site.

Architecture

The early 20th century building was a brick church 34m long, 11m wide and with a roof height of 16m. An additional 15 m high tower towered over the church. The interior was covered with Neo-Romanesque painting decoration (Sozanski). Among the motifs were figures of the Evangelists.

According to twentieth-century inventories, the building contained, among other things, the following:

- Four wooden altars. Main altar with a sculpture of the Crucified Christ,

- Side altars with sculptures of Our Lady of Sorrows, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of the Rosary,

- Oak confessionals,

- Organ,

- Pulpit,

- Paintings: St Teresa, Stations of the Cross, among others,

- Sculpture depicting the image of St. Francis,

- Religious paintings in special ornate frames,

- Altar cross made of silver.

Surrounding the church were four chapels and a concrete bell tower with four bells.

The building no longer exists. All its furnishings have been destroyed or dispersed. There are also no descriptions to reconstruct the architecture of the church. A reconstruction at the end of the 19th century is believed to have given the originally Baroque building a Neo-Romanesque costume.