Stanislaw Adamski
Stanisław Adamski (born April 12, 1875 in Grünberg in the municipality of Obersitzko , Samter district , Posen province ; † November 12, 1967 in Kattowitz , People's Republic of Poland ) was Bishop of Kattowitz and Polish politician of the Second Polish Republic .
Life
Ordained a priest on November 12, 1899 , he was politically active at an early age and from 1904 sat in the city parliament of Poznan . During the Wielkopolska Uprising of 1918-1919 he was head of the Supreme People's Council in Poznan. In the years 1919-1922 he was a member of the Sejm ( Polish : Poseł ), later 1922-1927 senator and 1924-1927 managing director of Unia Związków Spóldzielczych . For several years he was the director of the Św. Wojciech . From 1929 he headed Akcja Katolicka .
On September 2, 1930 he was by Pope Pius XI. appointed Bishop of Katowice. It was consecrated on October 26, 1930 by the Archbishop of Gnesen-Posen August Cardinal Hlond ; Co- consecrators were the auxiliary bishops in Gnesen-Posen Anton Laubitz and Walenty Dymek .
After the German invasion of Poland , he was expelled in 1941 and was only able to return to his diocese in 1945. During this time he was represented by the vicars general Franz Strzyz († 1942) and Franz Wosnitza , who belonged to the German ethnic group . Even after the end of the Second World War, he had a relationship of trust with Wosnitza .
One week after the surrender of the German Wehrmacht , Bishop Adamski called on the Germans on May 15, 1945 to leave Silesia . In doing so, he helped to prepare the political ground for the forced expulsion of the Germans from Silesia, which soon began .
He began to rebuild religious life in his diocese, but was removed from office by the Polish authorities in 1952. After 1956 his work was restricted; Due to his advanced age and poor health, he withdrew and wrote numerous works on Catholic social teaching .
Web links
- Entry on Stanisław Adamski on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Stanisław Adamski on the homepage of the Archdiocese of Katowice
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Georg Grams: Our home in Hinterpommern - Eichenwalde - The people and their fate: From settlement to expulsion . Max Schick GmbH, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-9803273-2-9 , p. 281.
- ↑ Piotr Nitecki: Biskupi kościoła w Polsce w latach 965-1999. Słownik biograficzny. Wydanie 2 popraw. i uzupełn. Pax, Warszawa 2000, ISBN 83-211-1311-7 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Arkadiusz Lisiecki |
Bishop of Katowice 1930–1967 |
Herbert Bednorz |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adamski, Stanislaw |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic bishop, member of the Sejm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grünberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1967 |
| Place of death | Katowice |