Marian Przykucki

Archbishop Marian Przykucki (approx. 2009)

Marian Przykucki's coat of arms as Archbishop of Stettin-Cammin

Bishop Marian Przykucki visiting Pope John Paul II on June 11, 1987 in Gdynia (Gdingen / Gotenhafen)

Marian Przykucki (born January 27, 1924 in Skoki , Greater Poland Voivodeship , Poland ; † October 16, 2009 in Szczecin , Poland) was Archbishop of Szczecin .

Life

Marian Przykucki was initially unable to complete his Abitur at St. Maria Magdalena grammar school in Poznan because of the outbreak of the Second World War . In 1940 he was arrested by the Gestapo and used for several months to look after English-speaking prisoners. After the war ended in 1945 he was able to finish his schooling. He studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the seminaries in Gniezno (1945-1947) and Posen (1947-1950) and was ordained a priest on February 19, 1950 in the Poznan Cathedral by Archbishop Walenty Dymek . He then worked as a pastor and religion teacher in Chodzież and Posen. In 1954 he became chaplain and secretary to the Archbishop of Posen, initially with Archbishop Walenty Dymek, from 1956 with his successor Antoni Baraniak . In 1965 he was appointed secret papal chamberlain.

Pope Paul VI appointed him titular bishop of Glenndálocha in 1973 and appointed him auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Poznan . He was ordained bishop on February 23, 1974 by the Archbishop of Poznan, Antoni Baraniak SDB ; Co-consecrators were the Poznan auxiliary bishops Franciszek Jedwabski and Tadeusz Etter . His episcopal motto was "Beati Pacifici" (Blessed are the peacemakers). In 1975 he also became Vicar General of the Metropolitan Diocese of Poznan; after the death of Archbishop Baraniak he administered the archbishopric from August 1977 to October 1978.

In 1982 he was appointed bishop of the Kulm diocese by Pope John Paul II . The diocese of Kulm was renamed in 1992 by Pope John Paul II with the papal bull Totus tuus Poloniae populus after territorial assignment to the diocese of Thorn in the diocese of Pelplin and subordinated to the archbishopric of Danzig as a suffragan . Marian Przykucki was then appointed Archbishop of Stettin-Cammin in 1992. In 1999, his age-related resignation was granted.

His commitment to international understanding between Poles and Germans was honored in 2006 with the Grand Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .

Individual evidence

↑ On the death of Archbishop Marian Przykucki, senior archbishop of Stettin-Kammin. In: press release. Archdiocese of Berlin , October 22, 2009, accessed on July 29, 2020 .

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predecessor	Office	successor
Bernard Czapliński	Bishop of Kulm 1981–1992	...
Kazimierz Majdański	Archbishop of Stettin-Cammin 1992–1999	Zygmunt Kamiński

personal data
SURNAME	Przykucki, Marian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Stettin-Cammin
DATE OF BIRTH	January 27, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Skoki , Greater Poland Voivodeship , Poland
DATE OF DEATH	October 16, 2009
Place of death	Szczecin , Poland

[1] On the death of Archbishop Marian Przykucki, senior archbishop of Stettin-Kammin. In: press release. Archdiocese of Berlin , October 22, 2009, accessed on July 29, 2020 .