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

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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

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from the

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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

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appointed Chrapek as auxiliary bishop of Drohiczyn and titular bishop of Cataquas; he was consecrated by

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 ...

, with co-consecration from Kazimierz Świątek and Edward Kisiel, on 5 June 1992 in Drohiczyn. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Toruń on 20 June 1994 and bishop of Radom on 28 June 1999. He assumed the position of bishop of Radom on 21 August 1999. He passed away on 18 October 2001 following a car accident near Siekluki while returning to

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from Warsaw.

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