Kazimierz Nycz

Kazimierz Cardinal Nycz, Archbishop of Warsaw

Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz (born February 1, 1950 in Stara Wieś , Poland ) is a Polish clergyman and Archbishop of Warsaw .

Life

Kazimierz Nycz was born in Stara Wieś , the "Old Village" near Auschwitz . In 1967 he entered the seminary in Cracow and studied theology and philosophy. On May 8, 1972 Kazimierz Nycz was by the then Archbishop of Krakow Cardinal Karol Józef Wojtyla to ordained deacon . On May 20, 1973, Kazimierz Nycz received the sacrament of ordination by the Krakow auxiliary bishop Julian Groblicki . He was chaplain in Jaworzno-Szczakowa and Raciborowice Górne for two years . In 1976 he finished studying theology at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Cracow . He finished his doctoral studies at the Catholic University of Lublin , which began in 1977 , in 1981 with the thesis "Realizacja odnowy katechetycznej Soboru Watykańskiego II w archidiecezji krakowskiej" (Eng. The implementation of the catechetical renewal of the Second Vatican Council in the Archdiocese of Krakow ).

From 1981 he worked for the Department of Catechesis in the Metropolitan Curia of Cracow. In addition, Kazimierz Nycz was employed in the parish pastoral care of Skawina . In 1987 he became a lecturer in catechetics at the Pontifical Theological Academy in Cracow and Subregens of the Cracow Seminary .

On May 14, 1988, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Villa Regis and auxiliary bishop in Krakow. He received his episcopal ordination on June 4th of the same year by Cardinal Franciszek Macharski . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Tarnów , Archbishop Jerzy Karol Ablewicz , and the Bishop of Częstochowa , Stanisław Nowak . His episcopal motto is "Ex hominibus, pro hominibus" (Eng. From the people and for the people ). From 1988 to 2004 he was also Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Krakow. He organized the last three stays of John Paul II in Krakow.

On June 9, 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg .

On November 26, 1999, the Polish Bishops' Conference elected him President of the Commission for Catholic Education with a special focus on catechesis . He developed the teaching documents “The Curriculum of Religion” (Program nauczania religii), “Curriculum Catechism of the Catholic Church in Poland” (Podstawa programowa katechezy Kościoła katolickiego w Polsce) and “Directory for the Catechesis of the Catholic Church in Poland” (Dyrektorium katechetyczne Kościoła. Kościoła katolickiego w Polsce). Since December 2004 Nycz has been a member of the Permanent Council of the Polish Bishops' Conference. He is chairman of the board of trustees of the New Millennium Foundation . He chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Standing Committee, the Council on Social Communications and the Panel on Social Aspects.

On March 3, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . as Archbishop of Warsaw as the successor to the resigned Archbishop Stanisław Wielgus . The canonical seizure of the archdiocese through the enthronement of the new archbishop in the St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw took place on April 1, 2007.

In the consistory of November 20, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI took him. as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti in the cardinals college. In January 2013 Kazimierz Nycz spoke out against the state recognition of homosexual couples. After the resignation of Benedict XVI. Cardinal Nycz participated in the 2013 conclave .

From July 1 to December 31, 2019, he also managed the diocese of Płock as Apostolic Administrator , whose Bishop Piotr Libera stayed in a Camaldolese monastery for half a sabbatical year at his own request .

Coat of arms and motto

Auxiliary Bishop in Krakow

The coat of arms shows a golden cross with an elongated crossbar on a blue background. Under the cross Mary, the miraculous image of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska a place of pilgrimage in the diocese of Krakow. The coat of arms is modeled on the Pope's coat of arms, John Paul II , which also shows an M, symbolically - Mary under the cross - under an elongated crossbar of the cross.

Behind the coat of arms is the bishop's cross, above the green bishop's hat ( Galero ) with six green tassels (fiocchi) underneath the motto.

His motto Ex Hominibus per Hominibus ("by the people for the people") comes from the letter of the apostle Paul to the Hebrews ( Heb 5,1  EU ).

Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg

The coat of arms shows a red crossbar on a blue background, running from top left to bottom right. At the top right a red and a silver / white crown, on the left a gold shepherd's staff (bishop's staff) and a paddle crossed over a silver / white miter. Below the silver and white wavy lines.

The coat of arms refers to Auschwitz, the birthplace of Kazimier Nyzc. The red crossbar symbolizes martyrdom, but also the passion of Christ. The two crowns (red for martyrs / white for confessors) in the blue sky, symbolic for all victims in the Auschwitz concentration camp who achieve the crown of life in heaven. Staff, paddle and miter are among the insignia or pontificals of a Catholic bishop.

Cardinal coat of arms (since 2010)

The wavy lines represent the habitat of the Baltic Sea on whose coastline the Koszalin-Kołobrzeg diocese is located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Above the bishop's tribute (green galero with six fiocchi on the right and left), the motto below in the tape.

Archbishop of Warsaw

The coat of arms shows the golden cross on a red background, pointing even more clearly to the revered Pope John Paul II, including a silver / white dove as a mission of the Holy Spirit, including the cloak as a symbol for the Archdiocese of Warsaw and three silver / white Drops, the water of baptism.

Standing upright behind the coat of arms is the double cross of an archbishop and the green galero with ten tassels in four rows, hanging down on the right and left. Below the sign is the tape with the motto. With his appointment as cardinal, the coat of arms is surrounded by a red galero and fifteen red tassels in five rows.

Memberships

Roman Curia

Kazimiercz Nycz is a member of the following dicasteries of the Roman Curia :

• Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments (since 2010)
• Congregation for the Clergy (since 2010, confirmed in 2014)
• Pontifical Council for Culture (confirmed 2014)

Other memberships

Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem

The Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem , Edwin Frederick Cardinal O'Brien , appointed him Grand Crusader and Grand Prior of the Polish Lieutenancy of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem in 2013 . He succeeded Cardinal Józef Glemp . The inauguration took place on August 29, 2013 in St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw .

Sovereign Order of Malta

The Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta , Fra ' Matthew Festing , appointed him Honorary and Devotional Grand Cross Bailli in 2015.

literature

• Kazimierz Cardinal Nycz , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 21/2011 of May 24, 2011, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links

• Nycz, Kazimierz. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 15, 2016.
• Entry on Kazimierz Nycz on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 15, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nomina del Vescovo di Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Polonia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 9, 2004, accessed December 23, 2014 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Authorities. dzielo.pl, archived from the original on December 30, 2013 ; accessed on January 2, 2020 (English). 
3. ^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Warszawa (Polonia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 3, 2007, accessed December 23, 2014 (Italian). 
4. ^ Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico per la Creazione di ventiquattro nuovi Cardinali (Continuazione). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 20, 2010, accessed January 2, 2020 (Italian). 
5. ↑ Klaus Brill: Gay marriage divides Poland. Sueddeutsche Zeitung, January 24, 2013, accessed on January 2, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Card. Nycz będzie administratorem diecezji płockiej. gosc.pl, May 29, 2019, accessed on January 2, 2020 (Polish). 
7. ↑ Biskup płocki Idzie na pół roku do kamedułów. gosc.pl, May 18, 2019, accessed January 2, 2020 (Polish). 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 29, 2010, accessed December 23, 2014 (Italian). 
9. ↑ nouns di Membri e nella conferme Congregation for the Clergy. In: Bolletino. Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, June 9, 2014, accessed June 10, 2014 (Italian). 
10. ^ Conferma del Presidente, del Delegato E del Segretario del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura e Nomine e Conferme di Membri nel medesimo Dicastero. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 29, 2014, accessed December 23, 2014 (Italian). 
11. ↑ News. Polish Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, accessed January 2, 2020 (Polish). 
12. ^ Cardinal Nycz, Archbishop of Warsaw, Bailiff of the Order of Malta. February 3, 2015, accessed January 2, 2020 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Marian Gołębiewski	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg 2004–2007	Edward Dajczak
Stanislaw Wielgus	Archbishop of Warsaw since 2007	---
Cardinal Józef Glemp	Grand Prior of the Polish Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem since 2013	---