Józef Gawlina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Józef Gawlina

Polish officer

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1892

Place of Birth: Strzybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1964

Profession: military officer, Catholic priest

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Józef Gawlina

  • Józef Feliks Gawlina, born in 1892 in Strzybnik (Racibórz County) in Silesia - died 1964 in Rome was a Divisional general in the Polish Armed Forces.
  • He was an ordained priest, Doctor of Theology and from 1933, Catholic bishop in the Military Ordinariate of Poland.
  • After the Second world war, cardinal Hlond gave him the brief to provide pastoral care to the Polish diaspora.
  • In the words of Pope John Paul II, Gawlina was a "bishop - Nomad".
  • He was raised to the rank of Archbishop in 1957.
  • Following his death, the Secretary General of the Second Vatican Council described him as a "real pastor".

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