Tadeusz Płoski

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Tadeusz Płoski (9 March 1956 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish military bishop and

Major General. He was born in Lidzbark Warmiński
.

He was appointed the

on 16 October 2004. He was ordained a bishop on 30 October 2004. In this role he oversaw the spiritual needs and priests attached to the Polish Forces.

He was listed on the flight manifest

Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk, Russia
, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.

In 2017, it was revealed that when the Polish state reopened the investigation into the crash and exhumed victim's bodies, testing revealed that Archbishop Miron Chodakowski's coffin contained his body from the waist up and the body of Ploski from the waist down. Only half of Ploski's body was found in his own coffin.[2]

Military Promotions

  • Captain
    - 1992
  • Major - 1995
  • Lieutenant Colonel
    - 1998
  • Colonel - 2000
  • Brigadier General
    - 2004
  • Major General
    - 2006

Honours and awards

  • Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta - 2010, posthumously; previously awarded the Knight's Cross - 2008
  • Gold Cross of Merit - 2007
  • Silver Cross of Merit - 1999
  • Bronze
    Medal in the Service of the Armed Forces of the Homeland
  • Silver Medal for his contribution to national defence
  • Gold Medal of Merit for the Police
  • Gold Badge of Merit for the Customs Service - 2010, posthumously
  • Commander Missio Reconciliationis
  • Medal Pro Memoria
  • Badge of Honour "for outstanding services to the League of National Defense"
  • Knights of the
    Order of Virtuti Militari
  • Badge "for his contribution to the National Union of Soldiers, Peasants' Battalions"
  • Honorary Badge of the Organizational of Merit of the Republic of Pilsudski Polish Association" - 2009
  • Grand Officer of the Order of Merit - 2008, Portugal
  • Cross of Honour of the Scouting Association of the Republic of Poland - AD amīcum - 2010, posthumously
  • Award of Merit for the City of Warsaw - 2010, posthumously

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