Gerard Rogowski
Gerard Paul Rogowski (born January 1, 1931 in Rosenberg , Upper Silesia ) is a religious priest in the Society of the Divine Savior , also known as the Order of the Salvatorians.
Life
After high school in Leipzig and high school in 1952 in Mikołów (Upper Silesia), he studied philosophy and theology at the Philosophical-Theological College of the Dominicans in Krakow , which he successfully completed with a degree.
On June 24, 1957 he was ordained a priest in the Salvatorian Church by the then Bishop of Katowice , Herbert Bednorz , and then worked as a parish pastor in Poland.
From 1959 to 1964 he studied German Philology at the University of Breslau and completed his master's degree. During this time he worked as a lecturer of the German language in the higher spiritual seminary of the Salvatorian Fathers in Bagno (Poland).
The following year he went to Chicago in the USA to work as an emigrant chaplain with residence in Gary ( Merrillville ), Indiana . There he was appointed house economist in 1968, head of house in 1970 and regional superior of the Polish Salvatorians in the USA (Indiana, New Jersey , Texas , Manitoba ) in 1975 .
He left the United States in 1975 to take up the position of Superior General of the Order in Rome . From 1987 he worked as a parish administrator in Bülach , Switzerland . In 1990 he became pastor of the parish of St. Martin in Meilen on Lake Zurich and held this office until 2006. He is vice-president of the Salvator publishing house, which is based in Zug .
In 1979 he received a letter of thanks from Mother Teresa and in 1981, on the 100th anniversary of the Salvatorian foundation, Pope John Paul II honored him with a letter in Latin.
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| SURNAME | Rogowski, Gerard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rogowski, Gerard Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosenberg , Upper Silesia |