Sławoj Leszek Głódź

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Archbishop Sławoj Leszek Głódź
Coat of arms of the Archbishop of Gdansk since 2008

Sławoj Leszek Głódź (born August 13, 1945 in Bobrówka , Poland ) is a Polish clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Danzig .

Life

After high school came Sławoj Leszek Głódź 1964 in the seminary of Białystok and studied Catholic theology and philosophy . On June 14, 1970 he received the sacrament of ordination through Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz . He then studied canon law at the Catholic University of Lublin and at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome . 1980 doctorate he became Dr. iur. can. in the area of Eastern Church Law . He then worked for the Congregation for the Eastern Churches from 1981 to 1991 . Pope John Paul II awarded him the honorary title of chaplain of His Holiness ( Monsignor ) on September 8, 1984 .

On January 21, 1991 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Bettonium and military bishop in Poland . He was ordained bishop by the Polish primate , Józef Cardinal Glemp on February 23 of the same year in the pilgrimage church on Mount Jasna Góra in Częstochowa ( Czestochowa ); Co- consecrators were Cardinal Franciszek Macharski and Cardinal Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz . On the occasion of his appointment as bishop, he gave himself the motto Milito per Christo .

On July 17, 2004, John Paul II awarded him the title of Archbishop ad personam and on August 26 of the same year appointed him Archbishop- Bishop of Warsaw-Praga . In 2005 the city of Warsaw made him an honorary citizen .

On April 17, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI called him . to the Archbishop of Danzig; the solemn inauguration and enthronement in the Cathedral of Oliva took place on April 26th of the same year.

Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on August 13, 2020.

Controversy

In the run-up to Głódź's appointment to the Gdańsk bishopric, criticism and concerns, especially from circles of Polish intellectuals, as well as from the former Solidarność chairman and former Polish President Lech Wałęsa , were loud because Głódź supported the national conservative Radio Maryja and was a skeptic of a united Europe was true.

Głódź was also criticized because, according to reports in the Polish press, he was misappropriating donations from the faithful to build a villa-like private residence in his home village of Bobrówka in the Podlaskie Voivodeship .

According to Polish press reports, Głódź was the model for the figure of the alcoholic Archbishop Mordowicz, who led an immoral lifestyle, in the feature film Kler (2018) by Wojciech Smarzowski .

Honors

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1982 , Città del Vaticano 1982, p. 1875.
  2. ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Gdańsk (Polonia) e nomina dell'Amministratore Apostolico sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , August 13, 2020, accessed August 13, 2020 (Italian).
  3. ^ "Protests against the new Danzig bishop" , in: Welt online from April 12, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Dobrze radzimy przestać obserwować Posiadłość". Jak żyje Sławoj Leszek Głódź? newsweek.pl, December 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Biskup Głódź, gdy nastal, przyjeżdżał do prałata Jankowskiego i PIL za trzech. Kilka samochodów, aw każdym po czterech księży ” newsweek.pl, October 25, 2019.
  6. ^ Vatican Radio - reports from June 4, 2005
predecessor Office successor
Tadeusz Gocłowski Archbishop of Gdansk
2008-2020 		vacant
Kazimierz Romaniuk Bishop of Warsaw-Praga
2004–2008 		Henryk Hoser
--- Military Bishop of the Polish Armed Forces
1991-2004 		Tadeusz Płoski
personal data
SURNAME Głódź, Sławoj Leszek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish clergyman, emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Danzig
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Bobrówka , Poland