Stanislav Piętak ( pl, Stanisław Piętak) (born 18 March 1946 in
Smilovice) is a
Czech
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theologian
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and
pedagogue
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.
Pietak studied at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the
Comenius University in Bratislava
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and at the Christian Theological Academy in
Warsaw
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. He received his doctorate from the Comenius University in 2000. He served as pastor in various congregations, e. g. in
Třinec
Třinec (; pl, Trzyniec ; german: Trzynietz) is a city in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants and is the least populated statutory city in the country.
The city is an ...
. He was chairperson for
catechetics
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at the Pedagogical Faculty of the
University of Ostrava
The University of Ostrava (Czech ''Ostravská univerzita'') is a public university in the city of Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. Founded in 1991, it is the newest public university in Ostrava. It consists of six faculties a ...
(1993–2003)
He served as the
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of the
Silesian Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession
The Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession (SECAC) ( cs, Slezská církev evangelická augsburského vyznání (SCEAV), pl, Śląski Kościół Ewangelicki Wyznania Augsburskiego) is the biggest Lutheran Church in the Czech Rep ...
in 2006–2011.
He is one of the contributors of
The Lutheran Study Bible.
External links
Article ''The Gospel in Post-Marxist Societies'' by bishop PiętakAn open letter from Stanislav Piętak, the bishop of the Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession, to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2009)
21st-century Lutheran bishops
Czech bishops
Lutheran bishops in Europe
Czech Lutheran clergy
Czech people of Polish descent
People from Cieszyn Silesia
People from Frýdek-Místek District
1946 births
Living people
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