Franciszek Barda
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Franciszek Barda (21 August 1880, Mszana Dolna, Austria-Hungary (now Poland) – 13 November 1964,
Przemyśl Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...
, Poland) was a Polish clergyman in the Catholic Church, doctor of theology, former rector for the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Kraków from 1930 to 1931, the auxiliary
bishop of Przemyśl A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or offic ...
from 1931 to 1933 and the diocesan bishop of Przemyśl from 1934 to his death in 1964.


Early life

He was born 21 August 1880, in Mszana Dolna. From 1892 to 1900 was a pupil at a small seminary in Kraków. During this time he studied at Jan III Sobieski High School and
Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School (''I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Bartłomieja Nowodworskiego''; unofficially known as: Nowodworek) in Kraków, Poland is one of the oldest secondary schools in Poland. Its current location is on Na Groblach Sq ...
. In 1900, he passed his maturity. He then studied at the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Kraków and in the Faculty of Theology at the
Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...
. He was ordained as a priest on 26 July 1904 in Kraków by Cardinal
Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko Prince Jan Duklan Maurycy Paweł Puzyna de Kosielsko (13 September 1842 – 8 September 1911) was a Polish Roman Catholic Cardinal who was auxiliary bishop of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) from 1886 to 1895, and the bishop of Kraków from 1895 un ...
. In 1903, he continued his studies at the
Gregorian University The Pontifical Gregorian University ( it, Pontificia Università Gregoriana; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana,) is a higher education ecclesiastical school (pontifical university) located in Rome, Italy. The Gregorian originated as ...
in Rome, from which he graduated in 1907, obtaining a doctorate in theology.


Biography

Returning to Kraków, he was a vicar in his parish. He worked as a prefect in the High School of St. Anna and the female-only State High School in Kraków. From 1910 to 1914, he was the prefect and vice-rector of the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Kraków, and from 1919 to 1922, was a professor of moral theology at the Seminary in Poznań. From 1925 to 1928, he served as rector of the Polish Institute in Rome, and from 1930 to 1931, he held the office of the rector of the Seminary of Kraków. On 10 July 1931,
Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...
appointed Barda to be the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Przemyśl and the title of Medea. He was ordained a bishop on 30 August 1931 at the Przemyśl Cathedral. He was consecrated by the local diocesan Bishop who was assisted by , the Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, and Stanisław Rospond, the auxiliary bishop of Kraków. After the death of Nowak, on 5 April 1933 he was named the vicar of the diocese, and on 25 November 1933, was preconized as the diocesan bishop. On 21 January 1934, he began to reign in on the diocese. In 1936, he carried out a
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congress, which was attended by 100,000 faithful, and the 1955
synod A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word ''wikt:synod, synod'' comes from the meaning "assembly" or "meeting" and is analogous with the Latin ...
, which codified the rights of the diocese. He erected around 100 new parishes whose churches were founded mainly in abandoned Greek Catholic churches. He created the Institute of Higher Religious Culture in Przemyśl and the Catholic People's University in
Ujezna Ujezna ( uk, Уєзна, ''Uyezna'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Przeworsk, within Przeworsk County __NOTOC__ Przeworsk County ( pl, powiat przeworski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powia ...
. An appointed head of a local branch of Caritas Internationalis, he supported the development of Catholic actions and supported the Catholic House in Przemyśl. Before the Invasion of Poland, starting World War II, he did not participate in political activities. At the end of the 1930s, however, he worked to reassure the radical mood of rural communities and youth organizations. During the
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, he kept an unbending attitude. In the post-war Polish People's Republic, the communist authorities considered him a dangerous opponent of the regime and the Soviet Union. At the
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, he was a member of the Committee for Social Affairs and the Foundation and Environmental Protection, and after World War II, he was a member of the Commission Headquarters. He participated in the Second Vatican Council. He consecrated many of the Auxiliary Bishops of Przemyśl: (1934), (1957), and :pl:Bolesław Taborski (biskup) (1964), as well as the bishop
Bolesław Kominek Bolesław Kominek (23 December 1903 – 10 March 1974) was a Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Wrocław from 1972 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973. Biography Bolesław Komin ...
(1954). During his ordination as co auxiliary bishop, he was associated with the bishop of Tarnów, (1958), the bishop of Kraków (1960), and the archdiocesan bishop of Tarnów (1962). Barda died on 13 November 1964 in Przemyśl. He was, on 16 November 1964, buried in the basement of the local cathedral.


Honours

In 1937, "for outstanding contribution in the field of social work", Barda was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.


References


External links


Biographical Note of Franciszek Barda at the Archdiocese of Przemyśl


{{DEFAULTSORT:Barda, Franciszek People from Limanowa County Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Bishops of Przemyśl Participants in the Second Vatican Council 1880 births 1964 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Poland Austro-Hungarian expatriates in Italy