Adam Pilch

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Adam Pilch

Adam Pilch (born June 26, 1965 in Wisła , † April 10, 2010 in Smolensk , Russia ) was a Polish clergyman of the Evangelical Lutheran Church , military chaplain and colonel in the Polish Armed Forces .

Life

Adam Pilch graduated from the Hotel Management School in Wisła in 1984. In 1989 he finished his studies in theology at the Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw . Pilch received his ordination on July 15, 1990 in Sorkwity in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship . From 1993 he was administrator and from 1996 pastor in the parish of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw. From 1995 Pilch was military dean of the Warsaw military district with the rank of major , from 1999 deputy evangelical military bishop with the rank of colonel. Since November 2009 he has held the office of chief evangelical chaplain (Naczelny Kapelan) of the Polish armed forces.

Pilch was a member of the Chapter in the Order of Smiles .

Pilch appeared in the TVP series Marszałek Piłsudski ( German : Marshal Piłsudski ) in the role of the Evangelical Lutheran clergyman who trusted Józef Piłsudski and his first wife Maria Juszkiewicz .

On April 10, 2010, Adam Pilch was part of a Polish delegation headed by President Lech Kaczyński , who was to travel to the memorial in Russia on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Katyn massacre . However, in a plane crash of the delegation near the Smolensk-Nord military airfield , he was killed along with other high-ranking representatives of Poland. He leaves behind a wife and a daughter.

Posthumously was Pilch on April 15, 2010. Brigadier promoted.

Awards

In 2007 Pilch was awarded the Albert Schweitzer Medal (Medal Alberta Schweitzera) .

Posthumously on April 16, 2010 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski) .

Web links

Commons : Adam Pilch  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biuro Prasowe Kancelarii Sejmu (Sejm Press Office): Komunikat No. 152 / VI kad. , accessed April 22, 2010
  2. ↑ Order of the Smile (Orderu smiechu) : Ks. Adam Pilch (1965-2010). Archived from the original on May 15, 2010 ; Retrieved on March 2, 2014 (Polish).
  3. ↑ Gazeta.pl : Ks. Adam Pilch ( memento of April 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 22, 2010
  4. ^ Telewizja Polska : Marszałek Piłsudski. Archived from the original on April 4, 2010 ; Retrieved March 2, 2014 (video no longer available).
  5. ^ Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej (Polish Ministry of Defense) : Pośmiertne awanse i odznaczenia dla ofiar katastrofy pod Smoleńskiem ( Memento of April 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 22, 2010
  6. ↑ Biuro Prasowe Kancelarii Sejmu (Sejm Press Office): Komunikat No. 161 / VI kad. , accessed April 22, 2010
  7. ↑ Biuro Prasowe Kancelarii Sejmu (Sejm Press Office): Komunikat No. 163 / VI kad. , accessed April 22, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Pilch, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish clergyman and military chaplain
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Wisła
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 2010
Place of death Smolensk , Russia