Augustinus Bludau (6 March 1862 – 9 February 1930) was a Bishop of Ermland ( pl, Warmia) in East Prussia from 1909–1930. Bludau was born in Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) as a son of a tailor. After attending the Gymnasium (school) in Elbing, he started to study

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divinity at the

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(Braniewo). Bludau was ordained in 1887 and worked as a vicar in

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. He perpetuated his studies in

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and gained his doctorate in 1891. Afterwards he returned to Braunsberg as a vicar. In 1894, Bludau became apostolic prefect at the bishops seminary and after the death of

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bishop of Ermland. In 1895 Bludau was appointed a non tenured professor at the

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and in 1899 a full professor of the New Testament. Bludau died in Frauenburg.

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