Piotr Paweł Gołębiowski (10 June 1902 – 2 November 1980) was an

apostolic administrator An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

of the Diocese of Sandomierz.

Biography

Gołębiowski was born in

Jedlińsk Jedlińsk is a village in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jedlińsk. It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately north of Radom and south of War ...

. In 1919, after completing an exam, he was enrolled into the seminary in

Sandomierz Sandomierz (pronounced: ; , ) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (), situated on the Vistula River near its confluence with the San, in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy ...

. After graduating, he began studying theology and philosophy at the

Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Gregorian University (; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana), is a private university, private pontifical university in Rome, Italy. The Gregorian originated as a part of the Roman College, founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyo ...

, obtaining a doctorate in philosophy in 1925 and a doctorate in theology in 1928. He was ordained on 12 October 1924 by Paweł Kubicki. In 1929, Gołębiowski was made professor of

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and moral theology at the seminary in Sandomierz; he worked as a professor until 1941. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Sandomierz and titular bishop of Panium in 1957; he was consecrated on 28 July by

Jan Kanty Lorek Jan Kanty Rafał Lorek (20 October 1886 – 4 January 1967) was a Roman Catholic bishop of Sandomierz. Biography Lorek was born in 1886 in Błażejowice. After being kicked out of school due to his Polish nationality, he entered into minor ...

. On 6 January 1967, he was made

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of the diocese of Sandomierz; he was made apostolic administrator in 1968. Gołębiowski was called to the 4th session of the

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in 1965. He died while celebrating Mass in

Nałęczów Nałęczów is a spa town (population 4,800) situated on the Nałęczów Plateau in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. Nałęczów belongs to Lesser Poland. History In the 18th century, the discovery there of healing waters ini ...

in 1980 and was buried at the cathedral in Sandomierz.

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