Józef Życiński

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Józef Mirosław Życiński (born September 1, 1948 in Nowa Wieś, Rozprza parish , Powiat Piotrkowski (Poland); † February 10, 2011 in Rome ) was a Polish theologian, philosopher and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lublin .

Life

Józef Życiński studied at the seminary in Czestochowa and was ordained deacon on June 19, 1971 by Franciszek Musiel, Auxiliary Bishop of Czestochowa , and ordained a priest on May 21, 1972 by Stefan Bareła , Bishop of Czestochowa . In 1976 he was at the Theological Faculty of Krakow for Doctor of theology doctorate, then at the Theological Faculty of Warsaw to the doctor of philosophy doctorate. In 1980 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on relativistic cosmology .

From 1980 he held the chair of logic and methodology at the Pontifical Academy of Theology , and later at the Pontifical John Paul II University in Cracow . From 1982 to 1985 Życiński was deputy dean and from 1988 to 1990 dean of the Faculty of Arts at the university. He was particularly committed to interdisciplinary questions of philosophical questions in science.

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Tarnów in 1992 . He was ordained bishop on November 4, 1990 by the Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Franciszek Macharski ; Co- consecrators were Stanisław Nowak , Archbishop of Czestochowa, and Ignacy Tokarczuk , Archbishop of Przemyśl. In 1997 Józef Życiński was appointed Archbishop of Lublin .

Among other things, he has written several hundred scientific publications in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, Slovak and Hungarian. He has taught at the University of California, Berkeley , the Catholic University of America in Washington , the Australian Catholic University and Oxford University . In 2006/07 he was visiting professor at The Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame . He was Grand Chancellor of the Catholic University of Lublin . Józef Życiński was also a member of the Permanent Council of the Polish Bishops 'Conference and the Joint Commission of the Bishops' Conference with the Government of Poland. He was a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture and advisor to the Congregation for Catholic Education in Rome. Archbishop Życiński was a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in Salzburg and a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences . He was a doctor honoris causa from the Agricultural University in Lublin and the Jagiellonian University in Cracow.

In 2007 the Catholic student association Markomannia made him an honorary member of the KV zu Münster , the Polish twin town of Lublin. On May 5, 2007, the KV awarded Zycinski the Georg von Hertling Medal for his services, in particular for his efforts to promote understanding between Germans and Poles .

The theologian died on February 10, 2011, presumably as a result of a heart attack that he had suffered in a hotel in Rome while attending a meeting of the Congregation for Catholic Education . He was buried on February 19, 2011 after a requiem in the Cathedral of St. Mary in Lublin , presided over by Archbishop Celestino Migliore , the Apostolic Nuncio in Poland, and in the presence of the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski and politicians such as Władysław Bartoszewski and Tadeusz Mazowiecki . President Komorowski posthumously honored Józef Życiński with the Grand Cross of the Rebirth of Poland ( Order Polonia Restituta ).

Act

Józef Życiński was considered to be the most prominent church participant in public life in Poland and also in the Polish media; he was the leading representative of the liberal wing in the Catholic Church in Poland and vehemently fought against anti-Semitism . He was a guarantee for reconciliation and was involved in ecumenical dialogue with the Orthodox and in Christian-Jewish dialogue.

Out of his liberal stance, Zycinski criticized the national Catholic wing of the Polish church. B. the alliance of Radio Maryja with the right-wing national parties, he also vigorously turned against the slanderous reports about the current Prime Minister Tusk because of the alleged "grandfather in the Wehrmacht". Naturally, this attitude brought him a lot of criticism in Poland.

A particular concern for Zycinski was the support of the Renovabis campaign .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Archbishop Życiński ( Memento of February 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Polish Bishops' Conference, accessed on February 12, 2011
  2. ↑ cf. Academic monthly sheets , published by the Cartel Association of Catholic German Student Associations (KV), ISSN  0002-3000 , 3/2007, p. 71 (PDF; 4.6MB)
  3. ↑ Academic Monthly Journal July 2007 p. 169
  4. ↑ a b Mourning for a prominent churchman , Domradio, February 11, 2011
  5. ↑ http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WMP20110470531/O/M20110531.pdf
  6. ↑ a b “Archbishop of Lublin Józef Życiński died in Rome” ( Memento of August 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Renovabis , February 11, 2011
  7. ^ "Polish Archbishop Jozef Zycinski died" ( Memento from February 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), europeonline magazine, February 11, 2011
  8. ^ "Poland: Archbishop of Lublin died" , Vatican Radio , February 11, 2011
  9. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of February 12, 2011, page 2

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predecessor Office successor
Boleslaw Pylak Archbishop of Lublin
1997–2011 		Stanislaw Budzik
Jerzy Karol Ablewicz Bishop of Tarnów
1990–1997 		Viktor Skworc
personal data
SURNAME Życiński, Józef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Życiński, Józef Mirosław (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish clergyman, theologian, philosopher and archbishop
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Nowa Wieś, Rozprza parish
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 2011
Place of death Rome