Arkadiusz Lisiecki
Arkadiusz Lisiecki (born January 12, 1880 in Posen , † May 13, 1930 in Teschen , Poland ) was Bishop of Katowice and a Polish politician.
Life
Trained in Paris and Rome , he was ordained a priest on December 17, 1904 . He held many positions in church and society, was editor and publisher of newspapers, monthly and quarterly magazines. He was elected as a delegate to the Sejm and was a member of the Supreme People's Council in Poland. As a professor of moral theology and canon law , he taught at the seminary in Gniezno .
Pope Pius XI appointed him on June 24, 1926 Bishop of Katowice. The episcopal ordination donated to him on October 24, 1926 his predecessor's then archbishop of Gniezno and Poznan , August Hlond ; Co- consecrators were Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski , Bishop of Chelmno ( Kulm ), and Antoni Laubitz , Auxiliary Bishop in Gnesen and Posen. Arkadiusz Lisiecki's episcopal motto was: Ut unum sint (“So that they may be one”).
On October 30, 1926 he was enthroned in the Cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice .
He died in Teschen and was buried in the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Katowice. In 1991 the coffin was transferred to the crypt of Christ the King's Cathedral.
Web links
- Entry on Arkadiusz Lisiecki on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on July 24, 2017.
- Biskupi (archi) diecezji katowickiej 1925-2013 ( Memento from March 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the Archdiocese of Katowice (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Myszor (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon of the Clergy of the Diocese of Katowice (1922–2008). Pp. 221-222
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| August Hlond |
Bishop of Katowice 1926–1930 |
Stanislaw Adamski |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lisiecki, Arkadiusz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish Roman Catholic bishop, member of the Sejm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poses |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1930 |
| Place of death | Teschen |