Kazimierz Romaniuk

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Kazimierz Romaniuk
Bishop of Warszawa-Praga
In office1992 – 2004
PredecessorPosition established
SuccessorSławoj Leszek Głódź
Orders
Ordination21 October 1951
by Zygmunt Choromański [pl]
Consecration4 March 1982
by Józef Glemp
RankDiocesan bishop
Personal details
Born (1927-08-21) 21 August 1927 (age 96)
Hołowienki, Poland

Kazimierz Romaniuk (born 21 August 1927,

Warsaw-Praga
(from 1992 to 2004).

Early life and education

Romaniuk was born on 21 August 1927 in Hołowienki. During the

occupation of Poland in World War II, he studied at the clandestine secondary school "Future" in Warsaw, where he graduated in 1944 with a small matura. He took part in the Warsaw Uprising. After that failed, he was interned in a camp in Pruszków, from which he fled. By the end of the occupation, he was still in hiding, and was educated in the School of Humanities. He then studied at the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, where in 1946, passed the exam of maturity.[1]

From 1946 to 1951, Romaniuk studied philosophy and theology at the theological faculty of the

habilitated in 1966, based on the idea of hearing the fear of God in the theology of St. Paul.[1] In 1969, he received the title of professor, and in 1971 a professor of biblical sciences (approved by the Congregation for Catholic Education in 1981).[1][3]

Priesthood and academia

Romaniuk worked as a curate in the parish of St. Stephen Raszyn (1951-1952) and in the parish of Our Lady in Warsaw, where he also served as the prefect (1952-1955).

canon of the metropolitan chapter of Warsaw.[4]

From 1953 to 1956, Romaniuk worked first as an assistant and then assistant professor at the faculty of theology of the University of Warsaw, conducting classes in the Latin church and patrology. From 1955 to 1956 and again from 1961 to 1963, he served as prefect of studies at the Major Metropolitan Seminary in Warsaw. In the same seminar, from 1954 to 1956, he taught Latin church and patrology, and, from 1961 to 1984, exegesis of the New Testament of the Latin and French Church. From 1971 to 1982, he held the office of the rector of the Higher Metropolitan Seminary and at the same time the Academic Study of Catholic Theology in Warsaw. From 1962 to 1976, he taught scripture at the

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.[1]

In 1966 Romaniuk became a member of the International Association of New Testament Studiorum Society.[1][5] From 1975 to 1978, he was a member of the executive committee of that body. He also became a member of the committee of the Polish Episcopal Conference in the Science, Scientific Council and Committee Seminars.[1] He made an independent translation of the Bible from its original language, which was published under the title The Bible of Warsaw-Praga. He participated in the preparation of the ecumenical translation of the New Testament and Psalms.[5]

Episcopacy

On 20 February 1982,

Archdiocese of Warsaw and the titular bishop of El Kef.[1][6] He was ordained as a bishop on 4 March 1982 in St. John's Archcathedral in Warsaw.[1]. He was consecrated by Archbishop Józef Glemp, accompanied by Cardinal Franciszek Macharski and Bishop Władysław Miziołek [pl].[7] He adopted the episcopal motto "In Te Confido".[8]. From 1982 to 1992, he held the office of vicar of the archdiocese. In the metropolitan curia, he served as chairman of the Department of General Administration and Financial Affairs[1]
.

On 25 March 1992, as a result of the reorganization of the administrative divisions in the Church of Poland, Pope John Paul II moved Romaniuk's offices of diocesan bishop to the newly created

Ingres's St. Florian's Cathedral held in Warsaw on 12 April 1992, and the Concathedral of Our Lady Victorious in Warsaw on 24 May 1992.[1] In 1998–2000, he conducted a diocesan synod. In 1999, he visited the diocese of Pope John Paul II during his apostolic nuncio to Poland.[10] On 26 August, John Paul II accepted his resignation from his duties as the diocesan Bishop of Warsaw-Prague.[11][12]

Romaniuk served as the vice-president of the committee of the Polish Episcopal Conference. A publishing Catholic, he became a member of the Scientific Committee, Catholic Science Committee and Seminaries. He was also chairman of the subcommittee of scripture. Furthermore, he became part of the co Joint Commission, the Faculties of the Papal Subcommittee of State-Church Affairs, Seminars and the State Commission for Codification, and Law on Higher Education.[7] In 1965 he became a member of the Episcopal representative of the World Federation of Biblical Apostolate, in which he, from 1971 to 1977, served as a board member.[1][5]

Romaniuk has ordained, as an auxiliary bishop: Marian Duś (1986), Stanisław Kędziora (1987), Piotr Jarecki (1994), Tadeusz Pikus (1999), Józef Górzyński [pl] (2013) and Rafał Markowski [pl] (2013). As the auxiliary bishop of Gniezno, he ordained Jerzy Dąbrowski (1982), as the auxiliary bishop of Ełk, Romuald Kamiński (2005), and as the auxiliary bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Marek Solarczyk (2011).[6]

Titles and awards

Romaniuk was given honorary citizenship in the cities of Otwock (1994),[1] Radzymin (1997),[13] Mińsk Mazowiecki (2001),[14] and Warsaw (2008).[15]

In 1991 Romaniuk was awarded by the Polish Translators Association,[1] and the 2005 prize by the Phoenix Association of Catholic Publishers.[16]

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  9. ^ "10-letnia diecezja warszawsko-praska powierzona Bożemu Miłosierdziu". ekai.pl. 2002-03-25. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
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  11. ^ "Rinuncia del Vescovo di Warszawa-Praga (Polonia) e nomina del successore" (in Italian). press.vatican.va. 2004-08-26. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
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  14. ^ "Honorowi Obywatele Miasta". minsk-maz.pl. Archived from the original on 2017-01-08. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  15. ^ "Uchwała Nr XXXII/723/2004 Rady miasta stołecznego Warszawy". bip.warszawa.pl. 2004-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  16. ^ "Laureaci nagrody Feniks 2005". swk.pl. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-28.

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