Stanisław Kur (born 13 November 1929, in

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) is Polish

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and

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Biography

After studies at Metropolitan Higher Seminary in

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ordained priest in 1953. He obtained a post-doctorate diploma (

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) in 1990 with a dissertation entitled ''Life of Marha Krestos''. During the years 1982-1997 he was a rector of

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in Warsaw.Biography at website of Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw
/ref> He is retired

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at Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw (PWTW). He was lecturing in

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and

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at the PWTW and the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. At present, he is Episcopal Vicar of The

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and

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(from 1999).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kur, Stanislaw 1929 births Living people 20th-century Polish Roman Catholic priests Stanislaw Roman Catholic biblical scholars 21st-century Polish Roman Catholic priests People from Sokołów County