Tadeusz Płoski (9 March 1956 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish military bishop and
Major General
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. He was born in
Lidzbark Warmiński
Lidzbark Warmiński (; german: Heilsberg, ), often shortened to Lidzbark, is a historical town located within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the capital of Lidzbark County.
Lidzbark Warmiński was once the capital of ...
.
He was appointed the
Military Ordinary
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Until 1986, they were called "military ...
of the
Polish Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, abbreviated ''SZ RP''; popularly called ''Wojsko Polskie'' in Poland, abbreviated ''WP''—roughly, the "Polish Military") are the national armed forces of ...
, by
Pope John Paul II
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on 16 October 2004. He was ordained a bishop on 30 October 2004. In this role he oversaw the spiritual needs and priests attached to the Polish Forces.
He was listed on the flight manifest of the
Tupolev Tu-154
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of the
36th Special Aviation Regiment
The 36th Special Regiment of Aviation Transport ( pl, 36 Specjalny Pułk Lotnictwa Transportowego; 36 SPLT) was a special aviation regiment of the Polish Air Force, established in 1945. All of its aircraft were for national public use, the most ...
carrying the
President of Poland
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Lech Kaczyński
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Before his tenure as president, he pre ...
which crashed near
Smolensk-North
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airport near Pechersk near
Smolensk
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,
Russia
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, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.
In 2017 it was revealed that when the Polish state reopened the investigation into the crash and exhumed victim's bodies, testing revealed that Archbishop
Miron Chodakowski's coffin contained his body from the waist up and the body of Ploski from the waist down. Only half of Ploski's body was found in his own coffin.
Poland air crash probe: Remains of ex-president mixed up
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Military Promotions
* Captain - 1992
* Major - 1995
* Lieutenant Colonel - 1998
* Colonel
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- 2000
* Brigadier General
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- 2004
* Major General
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of ...
- 2006
Honours and awards
* Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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- 2010, posthumously
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; previously awarded the Knight's Cross - 2008
* Gold Cross of Merit - 2007
* Silver Cross of Merit - 1999
* Bronze Medal in the Service of the Armed Forces of the Homeland
* Silver Medal for his contribution to national defence
* Gold Medal of Merit for the Police
* Gold Badge of Merit for the Customs Service - 2010, posthumously
* Commander Missio Reconciliationis
* Medal Pro Memoria
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* Badge of Honour "for outstanding services to the League of National Defense"
* Knights of the Order of Virtuti Militari
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* Badge "for his contribution to the National Union of Soldiers, Peasants' Battalions"
* Honorary Badge of the Organizational of Merit of the Republic of Pilsudski Polish Association" - 2009
* Grand Officer of the Order of Merit - 2008, Portugal
* Cross of Honour of the Scouting Association of the Republic of Poland - AD amīcum - 2010, posthumously
* Award of Merit for the City of Warsaw - 2010, posthumously
References
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1956 births
2010 deaths
People from Lidzbark Warmiński
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Poland
Polish generals
Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Recipients of the Cross of Merit (Poland)
Knights of the Virtuti Militari
Grand Officers of the Order of Merit (Portugal)
Victims of the Smolensk air disaster