Wacław Świerzawski
Polish Roman Catholic bishop and professor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wacław Józef Świerzawski (14 May 1927 – 7 October 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop and professor.
Wacław Świerzawski | |
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Bishop of Sandomierz | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
Diocese | Sandomierz |
Orders | |
Ordination | 11 December 1949 by Eugeniusz Baziak[1] |
Consecration | 28 April 1992 by Józef Kowalczyk[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | (1927-05-14)May 14, 1927 |
Died | October 7, 2017(2017-10-07) (aged 90) Sandomierz, Poland |
Alma mater | Jagiellonian University Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw College of Sant'Anselmo |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Pontifical Faculty of Theology Metropolitan Seminary of Kraków |
Thesis | Faith and Worship in the Pauline Commentaries of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1968) |
Świerzawski was born in Złoczów, Poland (now Zolochiv, Ukraine). He was ordained to the priesthood on 11 December 1949;[1] he received a master's degree in theology from Jagiellonian University and one in canon law from the Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw, in addition to a doctorate from the College of Sant'Anselmo in 1968. In 1981, he was appointed associate professor of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology; he was later given tenure in 1988.[2] He would serve as Chair of Homiletics at the Metropolitan Seminary of Kraków between 1975 and 1986.[3]
He served as bishop of the Diocese of Sandomierz from 28 April 1992 to October 2002[4][5] and died on 7 October 2017; his funeral was held on 15 and 16 October.[6] During his life, Świerzawski authored 64 books and over 1,300 articles regarding theology.[2]