Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż, was born on July 31, 1914, in Radomyśl, Wielki, within the Diocese of Tarnów, Poland, to Jan Jeż (1878-1957) and Jadwiga Liszkowski (1883-1969). His family moved to Katowice, where he grew up.
Following his education at the Lyceum Adam Mieckiewicz in Katowice, the Diocesan Seminary of Katowice and later at the Seminary of Kraków, where he underwent studies in theology, Jeż was ordained to the priesthood on June 20, 1937, in Katowice, by Msgr. Stanisław Adamski, Bishop of the Diocese of Katowice. Chaplain in Hajduki Wielki, on August 17, 1942, the Gestapo arrested him on the accusation of organizing a funeral service for Rev. Józef Czempiel, the parish priest of Hajduki Wielki, who had been killed in the concentration camp of Dachau. On October 7, 1942, Fr. Jeż was also taken to the concentration camp of Dachau, among others with Fr. Joseph Kentenich SAC., future founder of the Schoenstatt Movement and spent more than two and a half years, until the liberation by the American forces on April 29, 1945. After his liberation, Jeż served as chaplain for Polish prisoners and immigrants in the town of Göppingen, Germany, before returning to Poland May 1946. From 1946 until 1960, he served as rector of the Seminary St. Hyacinthus in Katowice.
Aged 45, he was elected Titular Bishop of the See of Alba Maritima and appointed Auxiliary of Gniezno on April 20, 1960, receiving his episcopal consecration on June 5, inside the Cathedral of Gorzów, from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw, assisted by Msgr. Bolesław Kominek, Titular Bishop of the See of Vaga, and by Msgr. Wilhelm Płuta, Titular Bishop of the See of Leptis Magna.
Named Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctæ Sedis for the northern part of the Archdiocese of Breslau on September 16, 1967, he was transferred to the newly erected see of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg on June 28, 1972, where he established more than 100 parishes. The Pope accepted his resignation to the pastoral government of the see on February 1, 1992. He worked tirelessly and successfully for the reconciliation of the Polish and German peoples after the Second World War. After his retirement, he gave retreats for Polish priests abroad and accompanied pilgrimages. In fact he was in Rome leading a group of Polish pilgrims when he died. Apparently, the Pope had told him that he intended to promote him to the cardinalate right before his unexpected demise. In 2002, he was named honorary canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Würzburg, in 2005, he was decorated with the Grand Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in 2007, with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland of the Polish Republic.
Bishop Ignacy Jeż was going to be created a cardinal in the consistory of November 24, 2007, but died the day before the announcement of the consistory was made. He was in Rome accompanying, with other bishops from Silesia, a group of Polish faithful from Katowice in a pilgrimage of thanksgiving for the 750th anniversary of the death of Saint Hyacinthe, patron of that ecclesiastical province.
His demise occurred on October 16, 2007, at 7 am., in Rome, in an ambulance, whilst being taken to the Gemelli Polyclinic, at the venerable age of 93. In the general audience of the following day, at 10 am., Pope Benedict XVI announced that he had planned to promote him to the cardinalate.
Thousands of people took part in the funeral Mass in Kołobrzeg's Cathedral, followed by a cortege through the streets of the city, prior to his burial in the crypt of the Co-Cathedral of Kołobrzeg. Msgr. Edward Dajczak, confirmed Jeż already knew about his elevation to the cardinalate when he left Poland for Rome. Perhaps he also sensed his impending death because he asked the ordinary to bring him back to Poland in the case that he would die in Italy.
Following his education at the Lyceum Adam Mieckiewicz in Katowice, the Diocesan Seminary of Katowice and later at the Seminary of Kraków, where he underwent studies in theology, Jeż was ordained to the priesthood on June 20, 1937, in Katowice, by Msgr. Stanisław Adamski, Bishop of the Diocese of Katowice. Chaplain in Hajduki Wielki, on August 17, 1942, the Gestapo arrested him on the accusation of organizing a funeral service for Rev. Józef Czempiel, the parish priest of Hajduki Wielki, who had been killed in the concentration camp of Dachau. On October 7, 1942, Fr. Jeż was also taken to the concentration camp of Dachau, among others with Fr. Joseph Kentenich SAC., future founder of the Schoenstatt Movement and spent more than two and a half years, until the liberation by the American forces on April 29, 1945. After his liberation, Jeż served as chaplain for Polish prisoners and immigrants in the town of Göppingen, Germany, before returning to Poland May 1946. From 1946 until 1960, he served as rector of the Seminary St. Hyacinthus in Katowice.
Aged 45, he was elected Titular Bishop of the See of Alba Maritima and appointed Auxiliary of Gniezno on April 20, 1960, receiving his episcopal consecration on June 5, inside the Cathedral of Gorzów, from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw, assisted by Msgr. Bolesław Kominek, Titular Bishop of the See of Vaga, and by Msgr. Wilhelm Płuta, Titular Bishop of the See of Leptis Magna.
Named Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctæ Sedis for the northern part of the Archdiocese of Breslau on September 16, 1967, he was transferred to the newly erected see of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg on June 28, 1972, where he established more than 100 parishes. The Pope accepted his resignation to the pastoral government of the see on February 1, 1992. He worked tirelessly and successfully for the reconciliation of the Polish and German peoples after the Second World War. After his retirement, he gave retreats for Polish priests abroad and accompanied pilgrimages. In fact he was in Rome leading a group of Polish pilgrims when he died. Apparently, the Pope had told him that he intended to promote him to the cardinalate right before his unexpected demise. In 2002, he was named honorary canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Würzburg, in 2005, he was decorated with the Grand Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in 2007, with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland of the Polish Republic.
Bishop Ignacy Jeż was going to be created a cardinal in the consistory of November 24, 2007, but died the day before the announcement of the consistory was made. He was in Rome accompanying, with other bishops from Silesia, a group of Polish faithful from Katowice in a pilgrimage of thanksgiving for the 750th anniversary of the death of Saint Hyacinthe, patron of that ecclesiastical province.
His demise occurred on October 16, 2007, at 7 am., in Rome, in an ambulance, whilst being taken to the Gemelli Polyclinic, at the venerable age of 93. In the general audience of the following day, at 10 am., Pope Benedict XVI announced that he had planned to promote him to the cardinalate.
Thousands of people took part in the funeral Mass in Kołobrzeg's Cathedral, followed by a cortege through the streets of the city, prior to his burial in the crypt of the Co-Cathedral of Kołobrzeg. Msgr. Edward Dajczak, confirmed Jeż already knew about his elevation to the cardinalate when he left Poland for Rome. Perhaps he also sensed his impending death because he asked the ordinary to bring him back to Poland in the case that he would die in Italy.
Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż, was born on July 31, 1914, in Radomyśl, Wielki, within the Diocese of Tarnów, Poland, to Jan Jeż (1878-1957) and Jadwiga Liszkowski (1883-1969). His family moved to Katowice, where he grew up.
Following his education at the Lyceum Adam Mieckiewicz in Katowice, the Diocesan Seminary of Katowice and later at the Seminary of Kraków, where he underwent studies in theology, Jeż was ordained to the priesthood on June 20, 1937, in Katowice, by Msgr. Stanisław Adamski, Bishop of the Diocese of Katowice. Chaplain in Hajduki Wielki, on August 17, 1942, the Gestapo arrested him on the accusation of organizing a funeral service for Rev. Józef Czempiel, the parish priest of Hajduki Wielki, who had been killed in the concentration camp of Dachau. On October 7, 1942, Fr. Jeż was also taken to the concentration camp of Dachau, among others with Fr. Joseph Kentenich SAC., future founder of the Schoenstatt Movement and spent more than two and a half years, until the liberation by the American forces on April 29, 1945. After his liberation, Jeż served as chaplain for Polish prisoners and immigrants in the town of Göppingen, Germany, before returning to Poland May 1946. From 1946 until 1960, he served as rector of the Seminary St. Hyacinthus in Katowice.
Aged 45, he was elected Titular Bishop of the See of Alba Maritima and appointed Auxiliary of Gniezno on April 20, 1960, receiving his episcopal consecration on June 5, inside the Cathedral of Gorzów, from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw, assisted by Msgr. Bolesław Kominek, Titular Bishop of the See of Vaga, and by Msgr. Wilhelm Płuta, Titular Bishop of the See of Leptis Magna.
Named Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctæ Sedis for the northern part of the Archdiocese of Breslau on September 16, 1967, he was transferred to the newly erected see of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg on June 28, 1972, where he established more than 100 parishes. The Pope accepted his resignation to the pastoral government of the see on February 1, 1992. He worked tirelessly and successfully for the reconciliation of the Polish and German peoples after the Second World War. After his retirement, he gave retreats for Polish priests abroad and accompanied pilgrimages. In fact he was in Rome leading a group of Polish pilgrims when he died. Apparently, the Pope had told him that he intended to promote him to the cardinalate right before his unexpected demise. In 2002, he was named honorary canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Würzburg, in 2005, he was decorated with the Grand Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in 2007, with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland of the Polish Republic.
Bishop Ignacy Jeż was going to be created a cardinal in the consistory of November 24, 2007, but died the day before the announcement of the consistory was made. He was in Rome accompanying, with other bishops from Silesia, a group of Polish faithful from Katowice in a pilgrimage of thanksgiving for the 750th anniversary of the death of Saint Hyacinthe, patron of that ecclesiastical province.
His demise occurred on October 16, 2007, at 7 am., in Rome, in an ambulance, whilst being taken to the Gemelli Polyclinic, at the venerable age of 93. In the general audience of the following day, at 10 am., Pope Benedict XVI announced that he had planned to promote him to the cardinalate.
Thousands of people took part in the funeral Mass in Kołobrzeg's Cathedral, followed by a cortege through the streets of the city, prior to his burial in the crypt of the Co-Cathedral of Kołobrzeg. Msgr. Edward Dajczak, confirmed Jeż already knew about his elevation to the cardinalate when he left Poland for Rome. Perhaps he also sensed his impending death because he asked the ordinary to bring him back to Poland in the case that he would die in Italy.
Following his education at the Lyceum Adam Mieckiewicz in Katowice, the Diocesan Seminary of Katowice and later at the Seminary of Kraków, where he underwent studies in theology, Jeż was ordained to the priesthood on June 20, 1937, in Katowice, by Msgr. Stanisław Adamski, Bishop of the Diocese of Katowice. Chaplain in Hajduki Wielki, on August 17, 1942, the Gestapo arrested him on the accusation of organizing a funeral service for Rev. Józef Czempiel, the parish priest of Hajduki Wielki, who had been killed in the concentration camp of Dachau. On October 7, 1942, Fr. Jeż was also taken to the concentration camp of Dachau, among others with Fr. Joseph Kentenich SAC., future founder of the Schoenstatt Movement and spent more than two and a half years, until the liberation by the American forces on April 29, 1945. After his liberation, Jeż served as chaplain for Polish prisoners and immigrants in the town of Göppingen, Germany, before returning to Poland May 1946. From 1946 until 1960, he served as rector of the Seminary St. Hyacinthus in Katowice.
Aged 45, he was elected Titular Bishop of the See of Alba Maritima and appointed Auxiliary of Gniezno on April 20, 1960, receiving his episcopal consecration on June 5, inside the Cathedral of Gorzów, from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw, assisted by Msgr. Bolesław Kominek, Titular Bishop of the See of Vaga, and by Msgr. Wilhelm Płuta, Titular Bishop of the See of Leptis Magna.
Named Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctæ Sedis for the northern part of the Archdiocese of Breslau on September 16, 1967, he was transferred to the newly erected see of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg on June 28, 1972, where he established more than 100 parishes. The Pope accepted his resignation to the pastoral government of the see on February 1, 1992. He worked tirelessly and successfully for the reconciliation of the Polish and German peoples after the Second World War. After his retirement, he gave retreats for Polish priests abroad and accompanied pilgrimages. In fact he was in Rome leading a group of Polish pilgrims when he died. Apparently, the Pope had told him that he intended to promote him to the cardinalate right before his unexpected demise. In 2002, he was named honorary canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Würzburg, in 2005, he was decorated with the Grand Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in 2007, with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland of the Polish Republic.
Bishop Ignacy Jeż was going to be created a cardinal in the consistory of November 24, 2007, but died the day before the announcement of the consistory was made. He was in Rome accompanying, with other bishops from Silesia, a group of Polish faithful from Katowice in a pilgrimage of thanksgiving for the 750th anniversary of the death of Saint Hyacinthe, patron of that ecclesiastical province.
His demise occurred on October 16, 2007, at 7 am., in Rome, in an ambulance, whilst being taken to the Gemelli Polyclinic, at the venerable age of 93. In the general audience of the following day, at 10 am., Pope Benedict XVI announced that he had planned to promote him to the cardinalate.
Thousands of people took part in the funeral Mass in Kołobrzeg's Cathedral, followed by a cortege through the streets of the city, prior to his burial in the crypt of the Co-Cathedral of Kołobrzeg. Msgr. Edward Dajczak, confirmed Jeż already knew about his elevation to the cardinalate when he left Poland for Rome. Perhaps he also sensed his impending death because he asked the ordinary to bring him back to Poland in the case that he would die in Italy.
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