Marian Józef Ryx (10 December 1853 – 1 June 1930) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sandomierz.

Biography

Ryx was born in

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to Kazimierz and Józefa Ryx. After completing his schooling in

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, he began attending the seminary in Sandomierz in 1873. While studying at the seminary in St. Petersburg, he was ordained a priest by Józef Michał Juszyński in 1879; he received a magister's degree in theology in 1880. Upon being ordained, he was appointed a professor at the diocesan seminary of Sandomierz; he was later made its rector in 1895. He was made an honorary canon in 1891. Ryx was appointed administrator of the Diocese of Sandomierz on 10 January 1908 upon the death of Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz. He was appointed bishop of Sandomierz on 7 April 1910 by

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, and was consecrated on 19 June by Wincenty Kluczyński; his co-consecrators were Stefan Denisewicz and Augustyn Łosiński. He assumed control of the diocese on 3 July. Ryx died on 1 June 1930 in

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