Michał Józefczyk (September 29, 1946 – June 20, 2016) was a Polish

Catholic priest The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the Holy orders of the Catholic Church. Technically, bishops are a priestly order as well; however, in layman's terms ''priest'' refers only ...

since 1972, a

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since 1994, a

protonotary apostolic In the Roman Catholic Church, protonotary apostolic (PA; Latin: ''protonotarius apostolicus'') is the title for a member of the highest non-episcopal college of prelates in the Roman Curia or, outside Rome, an honorary prelate on whom the pop ...

since 2002, and a provost of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Tarnobrzeg since 1979. He was born in

Krościenko Wyżne Krościenko Wyżne is a village in Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Krościenko Wyżne. It lies approximately east of Krosno and south of the ...

, and studied theology as a

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clerical student in

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 ...

. He was consecrated as a priest in

Miejsce Piastowe Miejsce Piastowe is a village in Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Miejsce Piastowe. It lies approximately south-east of Krosno and south of t ...

on June 17, 1972.

Awards and orders

Finalist of Provost Of The Year in 2000. Honoured as a "Provost of Third Millennium" by the Polish Catholic News Agency (Katolicka Agencja Informacyjna). Tarnobrzeg City Hall appreciated also his public and social work, by naming him "Citizen of Tarnobrzeg of 20th Century". Listeners of the local Radio Leliwa and viewers of cable Miejska Telewizja Tarnobrzeg named him "Citizen of Tarnobrzeg in 2008". For his working for children he was decorated by them by

Order of the Smile The Order of the Smile (Polish: ''Order Uśmiechu'') is an international award given by children to adults distinguished in their love, care and aid for children. History The idea of the Order of the Smile was established in 1968 by the Polis ...

on November 4, 2006.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jozefczyk, Michal 1946 births 2016 deaths Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) People from Tarnobrzeg Deaths from cancer in Poland Polish Roman Catholic priests

Awards and orders

See also

References