Valentin Wojciech

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Auxiliary Bishop Valentin Wojciech, " City of God " , 1920

Valentin Wojciech (born February 2, 1868 in Grzawa , Pless district , † May 22, 1940 in Breslau ) was a Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Breslau .

Valentin Wojciech was ordained a priest on June 11, 1894 after studying in Breslau . After chaplain positions in Katowice and Kreuzburg , he was first pastor in Leuven and then in Friedland . In 1916 he became cathedral capitular .

Pope Benedict XV appointed him on March 8, 1920 auxiliary bishop in Breslau and titular bishop of Danaba . On May 1st of the same year he received the episcopal ordination from Archbishop Adolf Bertram . He ordained the first priestly ordination on October 10, 1920 to the Grüssau Benedictine Nikolaus von Lutterotti .

He exercised his pastoral care in Polish and German.

literature

  • Karl Ulitzka : Valentin Wojciech, Auxiliary Bishop of Breslau 1920-1940, A Life Picture , Breslau 1940, 36 pp.

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