Józef Gawlina
Józef Gawlina | |
|---|---|
| Titular archbishop of Madytus | |
| Previous posts | Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Poland (1933 – 1947) Titular bishop of Mariamme (1933–1947) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 19 June 1921 by Adolf Bertram |
| Consecration | 19 March 1933 by August Hlond |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 November 1892 |
| Died | 21 September 1964 (aged 71) Rome, Italy |
Józef Feliks Gawlina (17 November 1882 – 21 September 1964) 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".