Edmund Piszcz
Edmund Michał Piszcz (born November 17, 1929 in Bydgoszcz ) is retired Archbishop of Warmia .
biography
From 1950 to 1956 he studied at the seminary in Pelplin and received on 10 May 1956, the priestly ordination . 1958 to 1962 he received his doctorate on church history at the Catholic University of Lublin . In 1973/1974 further studies in the same subject followed as a scholarship holder of the Institute for European History in Mainz .
After completing his doctorate , Piszcz worked as a lecturer at the seminary in Pelplin (church history, Latin and German) and as director of the local diocesan archive. In 1982 he was appointed auxiliary bishop for the bishopric of Kulm and on May 20, 1982 received the episcopal ordination as titular bishop of Aurusuliana from the later Cardinal Józef Glemp .
On November 11, 1985, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator sede plena of the Diocese of Warmia (the then Bishop Jan Obłąk remained in office). On October 22, 1988 he became bishop of this diocese , which was elevated to an archdiocese on March 25, 1992. The ecclesiastical province founded at that time includes the dioceses of Warmia, Elbląg (Elbing) and Ełk (Lyck) .
On May 30, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI. his resignation from his office as Archbishop of Warmia, submitted for reasons of age. He was succeeded by Archbishop Wojciech Ziemba .
Awards
- Grand Cross pro piis meritis of the Order of Merit Pro Merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Order of Malta (2001).
- Honorary citizen of the city of Olsztyn since 2003.
- Federal Cross of Merit: As Bishop of Warmia , Piszcz campaigns for German-Polish reconciliation and maintains contacts with German expellees who come from Warmia. For this mission he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on October 28, 2004 .
Participation in church committees
- 1983–1995: Chairman of the Mission Committee of the Polish Bishops' Conference .
- 1989–1994: Member of the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples .
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predecessor | Office | successor |
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Jan Obłąk |
Archbishop of Warmia 1988-2006 |
Wojciech Ziemba |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Piszcz, Edmund |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piszcz, Edmund Michał |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish Archbishop and Metropolitan of Warmia |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bromberg , Polish Bydgoszcz |