Wacław Świerzawski

Wacław Józef Świerzawski (14 May 1927 – 7 October 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop and professor.

Wacław Świerzawski
Bishop of Sandomierz
ChurchRoman Catholic
DioceseSandomierz
Orders
Ordination11 December 1949
by Eugeniusz Baziak[1]
Consecration28 April 1992
by Józef Kowalczyk[2]
Personal details
Born(1927-05-14)May 14, 1927
Złoczów, Second Polish Republic
DiedOctober 7, 2017(2017-10-07) (aged 90)
Sandomierz, Poland
Alma materJagiellonian University
Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw
College of Sant'Anselmo
Scientific career
InstitutionsPontifical Faculty of Theology
Metropolitan Seminary of Kraków
ThesisFaith 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]

References
  1. Sielepin, Adelajda (31 December 2009). "Biskup Wacław Świerzawski". Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny (in Polish). 64 (4): 245. doi:10.21906/rbl.217. S2CID 171369939. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. "ks. prof. dr hab. Wacław Świerzawski, Biskup Senior". sandomierz.eu (in Polish). 14 March 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. Sławiński, Henryk (2019). "Homiletyka akademicka w Instytucie Liturgicznym - poczatki i rozwój". W służbie tradycji i odnowy liturgicznej. 50 lat Instytutu Liturgicznego w Krakowie (1968–2018): 85. doi:10.15633/9788374388504.08. ISBN 978-83-7438-850-4. S2CID 243157534. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. Sielepin, Adelajda (2019). "Myśl teologiczna krakowskiego Instytutu Liturgicznego w posoborowym pięćdziesięcioleciu (1)". W służbie tradycji i odnowy liturgicznej. 50 lat Instytutu Liturgicznego w Krakowie (1968–2018): 63. doi:10.15633/9788374388504.06. ISBN 978-83-7438-850-4. S2CID 242448940. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. Lis, Tomasz (7 October 2017). "Zmarł biskup Wacław Świerzawski". sandomierz.gosc.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 December 2021. W październiku 2002 r. papież Jan Paweł II przyjął jego rezygnację z obowiązków biskupa sandomierskiego.
  6. Płaza, Małgorzata (7 October 2017). "Nie żyje biskup Wacław Świerzawski". echodnia.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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