Jan Mazur

January Mazur ( born June 5, 1920 in Płoskie in Zamość, Lublin Voivodeship, † September 26, 2008 in Siedlce ) was Bishop of Siedlce.

Life

January Mazur came from a farming family and studied from 1944 to 1949 at the Episcopal seminary in Krężnica Jara. He received on 26 June 1949, the priesthood by Bishop Zdzisław Goliński. From 1949 to 1952 he was pastor in Bychawa and in Lublin Zemborzyce, one of the oldest parishes of the Archdiocese of Lublin. In parallel, he studied at the Catholic University of Lublin and in 1956 received his doctorate. He then taught at the Seminary of Lublin metaphysics and pastoral theology and Latin. He also worked for the Archdiocese as the Department of Pastoral Secretary.

Pope John XXIII. 1961 appointed him titular bishop of Bladia and appointed him as Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin. He received his episcopal consecration on August 6, 1961, the bishop of Lublin Piotr Kałwa; Co-consecrators were Zdzisław Goliński, Bishop of Czestochowa, and Tomasz Wilczynski, Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin. He has served as Episcopal Vicar for the territory of the diocese and the religious orders.

Pope Paul VI. appointed him in 1968 for the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Siedlce. His age-related resignation was accepted in 1996 by John Paul II.

Work

As Bishop of Siedlce, he was the initiator of numerous construction projects. Created 54 new churches, 110 chapels and 144 community centers and the expansion of the seminar in Siedlce In his tenure.

Mazur was the driving force for the beatification of the martyrs of Pratulin.

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