Anton Jedek
Anton Jedek CSSR (born July 8, 1834 in Schlaney , Glatz district , Silesia ; † February 17, 1903 in Tuchów , Galicia ; now Poland ) was a German Redemptorist .
Life
Anton Jedek attended the Royal Catholic High School in Glatz and then studied theology. After the novitiate he joined the Redemptorist Order in 1857 . In 1861 he was ordained a priest in Graz . From 1863 he belonged to the religious college on the Holy Mountain in Příbram in Bohemia . From 1869 to 1880 he was rector of the Prague monastery.
In 1880 the Austrian Order Province commissioned him with the reintroduction of the Redemptorists into Galicia , who had been expelled from Poland in 1808. After he had learned the Polish, the Ruthenian and the Hungarian languages, Jedek became head ( superior ) of the monastic community of the first Polish religious settlement in Mościska, Galicia in 1883 . From 1896 he held this office in the also newly founded Tuchów near Tarnów . He also held missions and retreats for clergy and lay people.
On the occasion of his funeral, the Krakow Auxiliary Bishop Anatal Nowak held a pontifical request .
literature
- Franz Volkmer : Memorable men from and in the county Glatz , In: Quarterly publication for history and local history of the county Glatz, 1886 p. 19f.
- Obituary in: Litterae annales de rebus gestis provinciae Pragensis congregationis SS Redemptoris, 1903, pp. 68f.
Web links
http://web.tiscalinet.it/wodka/cssrwars.htm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jedek, Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jedek, Antonín |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the Redemptorist Order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schlaney , Glatz district , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1903 |
| Place of death | Tuchów Galicia |