Tadeusz Rybak (October 7, 1929 – March 7, 2017) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. He served as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Legnica between 1992 and 2002; he was also titular bishop of Benepota between 1977 and 1992.
Tadeusz Rybak | |
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Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Legnica, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Legnica |
In office | 1992 – 2002 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2 August 1953 |
Personal details | |
Born | Milanówek, Poland | October 7, 1929
Died | 7 March 2017 | (aged 87)
Alma mater | John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (ThD) |
Motto | Per Christum in Spiritu ad Patrem |
28 April 1977 by Pope Paul IV |
Ordained to the priesthood in 1953, Rybak served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław from 1977 to 1992; he then served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Legnica from 1992 to 2002.[1] He was also titular bishop of the diocese of Benepota, having been appointed on 28 April 1977.[2]
Following the attempted assassination of John Paul II in 1981, Tadeusz would ordain a class of Salvatorian seminarians on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the S.D.S. in the town of Trzebnica.[3]
Tadeusz died on 7 March 2017.[4] He is buried at the Cathedral of Saint Apostles Peter and Paul in Legnica.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Diocese of Legnica
- ^ a b "Biskup Tadeusz Rybak – Diecezja Legnicka". diecezja.legnica.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "R.I.P. Fr. Piotr Niewiadomski SDS - Salwatorianie". sds.pl. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Zmarł biskup Tadeusz Rybak". istotne.pl (in Polish). 7 March 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.