Józef Weber
Bishop) by Seweryn Morawski | |
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| Born | Joseph Weber 12 June 1846 |
| Died | 24 March 1918 (aged 71) Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Archbishop Józef Weber,
Darnis
from 15 April 1901 until his death on 24 March 1918.
Life
Archbishop Weber was born in a German Bohemian family of the colonists in
Polish College in Rome,[1] where he was ordained as priest on June 7, 1873, for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv,[2] while completed of the philosophical and theological studies. In time of his studies he wished to join the Resurrectionists, inspired by the Rector of Polish College Fr. Piotr Semenenko, C.R., but his Archbishop asked him to postpone his decision.[3]
After returning from Italy, he served as a chancellor of the Metropolitan curia and a spiritual director in a Major Roman Catholic Theological Seminary in Lviv. At the same time, from 1881, he became a director and curator of the Resurrectionist Congregation for 25 years.[1]
On December 2, 1895, he was appointed by the
Roman Catholic and Armenian Catholic Churches[2] in the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Lviv. In the same time he was nominated as an Episcopal Vicar for Bukovina
(1895–1906), that was a part of the Archdiocese of Lviv.
On April 15, 1901 he was elevated in the rank of Archbishop with title of
Darnis, remained an auxiliary bishop.[2]
On May 26, 1906 Archbishop Weber resigned as an auxiliary bishop and joined the
profession on June 24, 1906. Rest his life he lived in Rome and later, from 1909, in the United States. He served as a Superior of the American-Canadian province of the Resurrectionists from 1911 until his death in 1918.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Ks. Józef Weber". matkakolumba.dominikanki.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Archbishop Józef Weber, C. R. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ ASIN B001ANQH3A.)
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