Jan Góra
Jan Wojciech Góra OP (8 February 1948 – 21 December 2015) was a Dominican Order, Dominican, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Priest, Doctor of Theology, academic and chaplain. Since 1997, he had been the organiser of the Lednica 2000, Polish Youth Meeting Lednica 2000 at the Lednica (lake), Lednica Fields and the Primate Days in Prudnik dedicated to the cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. Animator for the academic chaplaincy centre "Respublica Dominicana" in Jamna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Jamna. Author of numerous books and articles. Life He was born in Prudnik. His father, Stanisław, worked as an accountant in the Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego "Frotex". He had two brothers: Roman and Stanisław. One of his family members was Marian Plezia. He went to 1st Public Gymnasium and Adam Mickiewicz High School in Prudnik. In 1966, he entered the Dominican Order in the St. Michael's Church, Prudnik, St. Michael's Church in Prudnik; during the years 1967-1974, he studied at the ...
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Roman Catholicism
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies located List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its pr ...
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