Bogdan Wojtuś

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Bogdan Wojtuś

Bogdan Józef Wojtuś (born July 4, 1937 in Laski Wielkie , Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland ) is a Polish clergyman and auxiliary bishop emeritus in Gniezno .

Life

He received the sacrament of ordination on May 20, 1961 through the Archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno and Primate of Poland , Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński .

Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Vassinassa and auxiliary bishop in Gniezno on November 17, 1993 . He was ordained bishop by the Archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno, Cardinal Józef Glemp ; Co-consecrators were the auxiliary bishops in Gniezno Jan Czerniak and Jan Wiktor Nowak . As a motto he chose Evangelizare pauperibus (proclaim the gospel to the poor) .

On September 15, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI. his resignation request submitted for reasons of age.

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