Józef Bilczewski
Józef Bilczewski (born April 26, 1860 in Wilamowice , Galicia , † March 20, 1923 in Lwiw (Lemberg) was Archbishop of Lemberg . He is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church .
Life
Joseph Bilczewski studied theology at the Johann Kasimir University in Lviv . On July 6, 1884, he received by Albin Cardinal Dunajewski in Krakow the priesthood . In 1886 he received his doctorate from the University of Vienna . After studying in Paris and at the Pontifical Polish College in Rome , he completed his habilitation in 1890 at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
In 1890 Józef Bilczewski became professor of dogmatics at the Johann Casimir University in Lemberg , later also dean of the Catholic faculty and rector of the university. On the initiative of Emperor Franz Joseph I , he was in 1900 by Pope Leo XIII. appointed Bishop of Lviv. The episcopal consecration on January 20, 1901 donated the bishop of Kraków , Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko ; Co- consecrators were Andrej Scheptyzkyj OSBM , Metropolitan of Lviv of the Ukrainians , and Józef Sebastian Pelczar , Bishop of Przemyśl .
From 1900 to 1914 Bilczewski was a member of the Galician state parliament . From 1901 he was also a member of the Austrian manor house . Also in 1901 he became a member of the Catholic Student Union KDSt.V. Frankonia- Czernowitz in the CV .
Bilczewski was involved in the First World War and in the 1920s when it came to civil war-like clashes between Ukrainians , Poles and units of the Red Army . Over 100 Catholic clergy in the Archdiocese of Lviv lost their lives in the dispute. At the risk of his own life, Archbishop Bilczewski prevented further victims from occurring among the Catholic clergy. He died in Lviv in 1923 and was buried there in the Janivskyj Cemetery .
Bilczewski was beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 26, 2001 during his visit to Ukraine . On October 23, 2005, the canonization by Pope Benedict XVI followed. in Rome.
literature
- E. Jastrzębowska: Art. Józef Bilczewski . In: Stefan Heid, Martin Dennert (Hrsg.): Personal Lexicon for Christian Archeology. Researchers and personalities from the 16th to the 21st century . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7954-2620-0 , Vol. 1, pp. 188-189.
- G. Chajko: Bilczewski, Józef , in: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 , online edition, volume 4, 2015
Web links
- Bilczewski, Józef Dr. theol. . Short biography on the website of the Austrian Parliament
- Entry on Józef Bilczewski on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Biography on "vatican.va"
- Detailed biography (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shevchenko Street Janivskyi Cemetery on lia.lvivcenter.org ; accessed on August 17, 2020 (Ukrainian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bilczewski, Józef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic Archbishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilamowice , Galicia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1923 |
| Place of death | Lviv , Ukraine |