Julian Pękala
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Julian Pękala | |
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Polish Catholic Church | |
Elected | 1951 |
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Ordination | July 9, 1928 by Francis Hodur of the Polish National Catholic Church |
Consecration | 1952 by Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski of the Old Catholic Mariavite Church |
Personal details | |
Born | 1904 |
Died | March 3, 1977 Warsaw, Poland | (aged 72–73)
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Julian Pękala (1904 in
Biography
In 1928, he received priestly ordination in
He was consecrated a bishop in 1952 by Bishop Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski of the Old Catholic Mariavite Church with the assistance of Bishop Wacław Maria Bartłomiej Przysiecki (also of the Old Catholic Mariavite Church) and Bishop Adam Jurgielewicz (of the Polish Catholic Church).[2][3]
In October 1965, Bishop Pękala organized a secret meeting of clergy at his apartment, where the decision was made to remove Primate Bishop Maksymilian Rode from office. The authorities supported this decision and ordered his immediate resignation. On November 1, 1965, Primate Bishop Maksymilian Rode officially resigned from the office of the Primate of the Polish Catholic Church. After the abrupt removal of Bishop Rode from the church leadership with the involvement of the Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church in the United States and Canada Leon Grochowski, Bishop Julian Pękala was once again appointed as the head of the Church.[4] He is buried in the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw (section D-11-5)[5]
References
- ^ "Posłannictwo," 7-8/1952, p.103
- JSTOR 20147741.
- ^ Bishop Wiktor Wysoczański, Kościół Polskokatolicki w Polsce członkiem Unii Utrechckiej, [in: Rodzina, 3/1722/2007, p. 6-7]
- ^ http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/getdocument.aspx?logid=5&id=35A56019-6AB3-41FE-877E-9FB631874FF0 Konrad Białecki, Lepsi Katolicy [in: Biuletyn IPN 3/38/2004 - Warsaw 2004.
- ^ "Wyszukiwarka cmentarna --- Warszawskie cmentarze". www.cmentarzekomunalne.com.pl. Retrieved 2024-06-07.