Jan Obłąk
Jan Władysław Obłąk (born May 26, 1913 in Borzęcin , † December 16, 1988 in Olsztyn ) was a Polish Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Warmia from 1982 to 1988.
Life
After graduating from high school in Tarnów , he entered the seminary there in 1931 . He was ordained a priest on June 26, 1936. He then worked as a vicar in Ciężkowice , and later in Nowy Sącz . During the Second World War he was from 1943 parish administrator in Lisia Góra . There he also gave secret Latin lessons, since higher-level schools for Poles in the Generalgouvernement were not accessible. In 1947 he was transferred to Dąbrowa Tarnowska . At the same time he studied church history at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow , where he was awarded the doctorate on August 17, 1948.
On August 12, 1949 he came to Olsztyn ( Allenstein ) and a few weeks later became a lecturer at the re-established seminary. He became Subregens and taught church history, patrology and sacred art . On October 26, 1959, he was appointed Canon of the Warmia Chapter by Bishop Tomasz Wilczyński . Two years later, on September 21, 1961, John XXIII appointed him . the titular bishop of Abbir Maius - episcopal ordination Oblak received on 1 April 1962 by Primate Stefan Wyszynski in the cathedral at Frombork ( Frombork ). In the autumn of the same year he became Vicar General of the Diocese of Warmia. From 1962 to 1968 he was also rector of the seminary in Olsztyn. He attended the second and fourth session of the Second Vatican Council .
After Józef Glemp , who had been Bishop of Warmia since 1979, was appointed Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw and thus Primate of Poland in 1981 , he first headed the diocese as capitular vicar before being appointed diocesan bishop by John Paul II on April 13, 1982 has been. In 1982 he became an honorary member of the Polish Historical Society for his services to conveying the history of Warmia.
Web links
- Entry on Jan Obłąk on catholic-hierarchy.org .
- Archdiocese of Warmia (Polish).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Józef Glemp |
Bishop of Warmia 1982–1988 |
Edmund Piszcz |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Obłąk, Jan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Obłąk, Jan Władysław (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Warmia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Borzęcin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1988 |
| Place of death | Olsztyn |