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Ryszard Bogusz (born 2 March 1951 in
Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała (; cs, Bílsko-Bělá, german: Bielitz-Biala, szl, Bjylsko-Bjoło) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 168,319 as of December 2021, making it the 22nd largest city in Poland, and an area of . It is a ...
) is a
Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
theologian and bishop of the ''diocese Wroclaw'' of the
Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Republic of Poland ( pl, Kościół Ewangelicko-Augsburski w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is a Lutheran denomination and the largest Protestant body in Poland with about 61,000 members and ...
. In 1976 he entered as
vicar A vicar (; Latin: ''vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pref ...
the parish Church ''Opatrzności Bożej (destiny of God)'' in Wroclaw. In 1981 he entered the Church as administrator and became then minister of the Church. Since 1984 he is the bishop within the ''diocese Wroclaw'' of the Polish Evangelical Church. Ryszard Bogusz is an initiator of many international contacts between different Churches, and he is the current secretary of the
Polish Ecumenical Council Polish Ecumenical Council ( pl, Polska Rada Ekumeniczna) founded in 1946 to promote interchurch cooperation includes nearly all churches except the Polish Roman Catholic Church. In 1989 member churches included the Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, B ...
where there are many other Protestant Churches.
Ryszard Bogusz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bogusz, Ryszard 1951 births Polish Lutheran bishops Polish Lutheran theologians Living people Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany People from Bielsko-Biała