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Jan Chrapek
Jan Chrapek (18 July 1948 – 18 October 2001) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Radom. Biography Chrapek was born in 1948 to Józef and Genowefa Chrapek (). He began attending a minor seminary of the Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel at Miejsce Piastowe in 1962. He took his first vows in 1966 and his perpetual vows on 26 August 1969. After taking his perpetual vows, he began to study philosophy and theology at the . He was ordained a priest by Ignacy Tokarczuk at Miejsce Piastowe on 3 May 1975, and received a magister degree from the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin in pastoral theology in 1976 and a doctoral degree in 1979. Between 1984 and 1986, Chrapek served as the editor for the monthly newspaper '. In 1986, Chrapek was elected Superior General of the Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel, which he served as until his nomination as bishop. On 25 March 1992, Pope John Paul II appointed Chrapek as auxiliary bishop of Drohic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Radom
The Diocese of Radom () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Radom in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Częstochowa, Częstochowa in Poland. History * March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Radom from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandomierz, Diocese of Sandomierz – Radom Special churches *Minor Basilicas: ** Bazylika św. Filipa Neri i św. Jana Chrzciciela kk. Filipinów (''Basilica of St. Philip Neri and St. John the Baptist'') in Studzianna ** Bazylika św. Kazimierza (''Basilica of St. Casimir''), Radom *Cathedral of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Radom Leadership * Bishops of Radom (Roman rite) ** Bishop Edward Henryk Materski (25 March 1992 – 28 June 1999) ** Bishop Jan Chrapek, Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel, C.S.M.A. (28 June 1999 – 18 October 2001) ** Bishop Zygmunt Zimowski (28 March 2002 – 18 April 2009) ** Bishop Henryk Tomasik (16 October 2009 – 4 January 2021) ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignacy Tokarczuk
Ignacy Tokarczuk (1 February 1918 – 29 December 2012) was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Tokarczuk was born in Łubianki Wyższe near Tarnopol. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Eugeniusz Baziak in Lvov on 21 June 1942. On 2 December 1965 he was appointed a Bishop of the Diocese of Przemyśl, and was consecrated by Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński on 6 February 1966. On 2 June 1991 Tokarczuk was bestowed a personal title of archbishop by John Paul II. On 25 March 1992 he became a metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl. As the Bishop of Przemysl, he was known for building a great number of churches in his diocese despite the lack of having permission to build from the communist authorities. It is said that he has erected nearly 430 churches during his tenure as a bishop. He was also a great supporter of the Solidarity movement. For his uncompromising stance in the defense of the institution of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of Poland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Józef Kowalczyk
Józef Kowalczyk (; born 28 August 1938) is a Polish Roman Catholic prelate, canon lawyer and diplomat who, from 1989 to 2010, served as the first apostolic nuncio to Poland since World War II. He later served as archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland until his retirement in 2014. Education and early career Kowalczyk was born on 28 August 1938 in the village of Jadowniki Mokre near Tarnów. In 1956 he began to study at the Seminary of Olsztyn, a successor institution of the Collegium Hosianum. He was ordained priest by auxiliary bishop Józef Drzazga on 14 January 1962 and nominated vicar at the parish of the Holy Trinity in Kwidzyn shortly thereafter. In October 1963, he began his training in canon law at the Catholic University of Lublin and moved to Rome to continue his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in February 1965. He earned his doctorate in canon law in 1968 and a diploma of advocate of the Roman Rota in 1971. He also received a diploma of archivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siekluki, Masovian Voivodeship
Siekluki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzążnia, within Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Dzierzążnia, west of Płońsk, and north-west of Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at .... References Villages in Płońsk County {{Płońsk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Toruń
The Diocese of Toruń () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Toruń in the ecclesiastical province of Gdańsk in Poland. History * March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Toruń from the Diocese of Chelmno and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno Special churches *Minor Basilicas: **Bazylika pw. św. Tomasza Apostoła, Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (''Basilica of St. Thomas the Apostle'') Leadership * Bishops of Toruń (Roman rite) ** Bishop Arkadiusz Okroj (since April 5, 2025) ** Bishop Andrzej Wojciech Suski (March 25, 1992 – November 11, 2017) ** Bishop Wiesław Śmigiel (November 11, 2017 – September 13, 2024) See also *Roman Catholicism in Poland Polish members of the Catholic Church, like elsewhere in the world, are under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Latin Church includes 41 dioceses. There are three eparchies of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the country ... Sources GCa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Drohiczyn
The Diocese of Drohiczyn () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Drohiczyn in the ecclesiastical province of Białystok in Poland. History * June 5, 1991: Established as Diocese of Drohiczyn from the Diocese of Pinsk in Belarus Special churches *Cathedral: **Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity ** Co-Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary *Minor Basilicas: ** Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas ** Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Leadership Bishops of Drohiczyn ** Bishop Władysław Jędruszuk (1991.06.05 – 1994.05.25) ** Bishop Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, OFMCap (1994.06.20 – 2014.03.29) ** Bishop Tadeusz Pikus (2014.05.25 – 2019.07.20) ** Bishop Piotr Sawczuk (from 2019.07.20) See also *Roman Catholicism in Poland Polish members of the Catholic Church, like elsewhere in the world, are under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Latin Church includes 41 dioceses. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congregation Of Saint Michael The Archangel
The Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel () abbreviated CSMA, also known as the Michaelites, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men (brothers and priests) founded by the beatification, Blessed Father Bronisław Markiewicz, a Polish priest from Miejsce Piastowe, Poland. The Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel is one of the 30 officially recognized groups of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Salesian Family of Don Bosco. History On September 29, 1921, the Bishop of Kraków Adam Stefan Sapieha issued the Erecting Decree of the Congregation. Two members of the congregation, Blessed Władysław Błądziński and Adalbert Nierychlewski, are among the 108 Martyrs of World War II. The Congregation was recognized by Pope Paul VI on June 15, 1966. The Michaelites today Headquartered in the suburbs of Warsaw, the congregation is a community of brothers and priests that operates in a number of countries around the world including Argentina, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miejsce Piastowe
Miejsce Piastowe is a village in Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Miejsce Piastowe. It lies approximately south-east of Krosno and south of the regional capital Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C .... References Villages in Krosno County {{Krosno-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magister Degree
A magister degree (also magistar, female form: magistra; from , "teacher") is an academic degree used in various systems of higher education. The magister degree arose in medieval universities in Europe and was originally equal to the doctorate; while the doctorate was originally conferred in theology, law and medicine, the magister degree was usually conferred in the liberal arts, broadly known as "philosophy" in continental Europe, which encompassed all other academic subjects. In some countries, the title has retained this original meaning until the modern age, while in other countries, magister has become the title of a lower degree, in some cases parallel with a master's degree (whose name is cognate). Argentina In Argentina, the Master of Science or Magister (''Mg'', ''Ma'', ''Mag'', ''MSc'') is a postgraduate degree of two to four years of duration by depending on each university's statutes. The admission to a Master program () in an Argentine University requires the full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paul II Catholic University Of Lublin
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (, , abbreviation KUL) is a university established in 1918. History :pl:Idzi Radziszewski, Father Idzi Benedykt Radziszewski founded the university in 1918. Vladimir Lenin, Lenin allowed the priest to take the library and equipment of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy to Poland to launch the university just as Poland regained its independence. The aim of the university was to be a modern place of higher education that would conduct research in the spirit of harmony between science and faith. The university sought to produce a new Catholic intelligentsia that would play a leading role in Poland. The number of students increased from 399 in 1918–19, to 1440 in 1937–38. This growth was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War and Nazi Germany's Invasion of Poland, occupation of Poland. Of all the universities located in the German-occupied territory, the University of Lublin was the only one to resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his youth, Wojtyła dabbled in stage acting. He graduated with excellent grades from an All-boys school, all-boys high school in Wadowice, Poland, in 1938, soon after which World War II broke out. During the war, to avoid being kidnapped and sent to a Forced labour under German rule during World War II, German forced labour camp, he signed up for work in harsh conditions in a quarry. Wojtyła eventually took up acting and developed a love for the profession and participated at a local theatre. The linguistically skilled Wojtyła wanted to study Polish language, Polish at university. Encouraged by a conversation with Adam Stefan Sapieha, he decided to study theology and become a priest. Eventually, Wojtyła rose to the position of Archbishop of Kra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimierz Świątek
Kazimierz Cardinal Świątek (; 21 October 1914 – 21 July 2011) was a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was most known for his resistance to Cold War-era Soviet communism and for his service in Minsk, Belarus. Cardinal Swiatek was the former Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev, Minsk-Mohilev, and Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk. Świątek was born to Polish people, Polish parents in the municipality of Walk, in what was then the Russian Empire, the present-day municipality of Valga, Estonia. His family was deported to Siberia during the Russian Revolution (1917), Russian Revolution. His father died fighting in the Polish-Soviet War. The future Cardinal lived in newly independent Poland from 1922. After completing his philosophical and theological studies at the seminary in Pinsk, Świątek was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1939, and then was sent to the parish of Pruzhany. The Soviet Union occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
