100 Notable Alumni of John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

John Paul II

Born in: Poland
Years: 1920-2005 (aged 85)
Occupations: archbishopwriterpopeLatin Catholic priesttransitional deacon
Biography: Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.

Stefan Wyszyński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1901-1981 (aged 80)
Occupations: Catholic priestwriterCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
Biography: Stefan Wyszyński was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948, Archbishop of Warsaw and Archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He was created a cardinal on 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII. He assumed the title of Primate of Poland.

Wojciech Cejrowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1964-.. (age 60)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: Studied history of art
Occupations: sociologistwriterexplorerjournalistphotographer
Biography: Wojciech Daniel Cejrowski is a Polish radio journalist, satirist, photographer, traveller, author of books and press publications, artistic director of the Discover World library, member of The Explorers Club.

Marek Kuchciński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1955-.. (age 69)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: 1974-1978 studied art history
Occupations: politicianjournalist
Biography: Marek Tadeusz Kuchciński is a member of the Sejm of Poland, first elected in 2001. Before 2015, he served the parliament as one of the Deputy Marshals of the Sejm, nominated by the Law and Justice club, and also as the Parliamentary Caucus Head of the above-mentioned party. From 2015 to 2019, when his party possessed the majority of seats in both houses, he held the office of Marshal of the Sejm.

Janusz Palikot

Born in: Poland
Years: 1964-.. (age 60)
Occupations: politicianbusinessperson
Biography: Janusz Marian Palikot is a Polish politician, activist and businessman. Palikot studied philosophy and became wealthy as a businessman who dealt with crates and distilled beverages. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005 in the 6 Lublin district, running on the Civic Platform list, and was re-elected in 2007.

Dominik Tarczyński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1979-.. (age 45)
Occupations: film directorpolitician
Biography: Dominik Tarczyński is a Polish politician and journalist who was previously a member of the Sejm and has been a member of the European Parliament since 2020.

Sławoj Leszek Głódź

Born in: Poland
Years: 1945-.. (age 79)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishopmilitary officer
Biography: Sławoj Leszek Głódź is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Gdańsk from 2008 to 2020. He has been a bishop since 1991 and before that spent a decade working in the Roman Curia.

Beata Mazurek

Born in: Poland
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Beata Mazurek, née Cieluch is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7,012 votes in 7 Chełm district as a candidate from the Law and Justice list. After Law and Justice won the parliamentary election in 2015 she became a spokeswoman in December 2015.

Bogdan Borusewicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1949-.. (age 75)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: In 1975 graduated with magister degree in study of history
Occupations: historiantrade unionistpolitician
Biography: Bogdan Michał Borusewicz is a Polish politician who served as the Marshal of the Polish Senate from 20 October 2005 to 11 November 2015. Borusewicz was a democratic opposition activist under the Communist regime, a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm) for three terms and first Senate Marshal to serve two terms in this office. He served as the Acting President of Poland for a few hours in 2010.

Konrad Krajewski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1963-.. (age 61)
Occupations: Catholic priest
Biography: Konrad Krajewski is a Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was a papal master of ceremonies from 1998 to 2013. In 2013 he was appointed as the papal almoner.

Henryk Gulbinowicz

Born in: Lithuania
Years: 1923-2020 (aged 97)
Occupations: preacheruniversity teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishoplecturer
Biography: Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Wrocław from 1976 to 2004. Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal in 1985. In 2020, he was banned from making public appearances following a Holy See investigation that confirmed allegations that he had committed sexual abuse and evidence that he had been a secret police informant from 1969 to 1985. Following his death, Gulbinowicz was forbidden to have his funeral service at the city’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist or to be buried in the cathedral.

Kazimierz Nycz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1950-.. (age 74)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacon
Biography: Kazimierz Nycz is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Warsaw since 2007. He was Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg from 2004 to 2007, after serving more than fifteen years as auxiliary bishop of Kraków. Pope Benedict XVI elevated him to the rank of cardinal in 2010.

Piotr Szczepanik

Born in: Poland
Years: 1942-2020 (aged 78)
Occupations: actorsingercomposer
Biography: Piotr Stanisław Szczepanik was a popular Polish singer and actor.

Michał Heller

Born in: Poland
Years: 1936-.. (age 88)
Occupations: theologianastronomerCatholic priestwriterphilosopher
Biography: Michał Kazimierz Heller is a Polish philosopher, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, theologian, and Roman Catholic priest. He is a professor of philosophy at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, Poland, and an adjunct member of the Vatican Observatory staff.

Vasyl Kuk

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1913-2007 (aged 94)
Occupations: composerpublicist
Biography: Vasyl Stepanovych Kuk was a Ukrainian nationalist activist and militant who was the last leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, following the death of Roman Shukhevych. In 1954, he was captured by Soviet KGB troops and spent six years in prison without a court sentence.

Wiesław Myśliwski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1932-.. (age 92)
Occupations: prose writerplaywrightscreenwriterediting staff
Biography: Wiesław Myśliwski is a Polish novelist. He is a two-time recipient of the Nike Award, the most important literary prize for Polish literature.

Jan Hartman

Born in: Poland
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Occupations: university teachernon-fiction writerphilosopher
Biography: Jan Marek Hartman is a Polish of Jewish descent philosopher specializing in bioethics, writer, anticlerical, opinion journalist and politician, professor of the humanities.

Edmund Niziurski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1925-2013 (aged 88)
Occupations: science fiction writerwriter
Biography: Edmund Niziurski was a popular Polish writer, author of numerous humorous novels and stories for children, recipient of the Order of the Smile.

Mirosław Piotrowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1966-.. (age 58)
Occupations: politicianhistorian
Biography: Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski is an independent Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He was originally elected in 2004 with the League of Polish Families, then part of the Independence and Democracy grouping. At the 2009 election, he was re-elected for Law and Justice.

Franciszek Blachnicki

Born in: Poland
Years: 1921-1987 (aged 66)
Occupations: university teacherCatholic priestwriterlecturersoldier
Biography: Franciszek Blachnicki was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Light-Life movement – also known as the Oasis Movement – and the Secular Institute of the Immaculate Mother of the Church. He founded several other movements and religious congregations that would address a range of social and ethical issues. These issues included anti-alcoholism and human rights. His movements first came about after starting out as simple retreats designed for both altar servers and families that later began to address a series of issues in Poland at the time. His concern for human rights came during the communist era in Poland as well as his experiences as a prisoner of war during World War II in which he was incarcerated in Auschwitz and other concentration camps under the German Nazi regime.

Artur Zawisza

Born in: Poland
Years: 1969-.. (age 55)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: Studied Polish studies and philosophy
Occupations: polonistpolitician
Biography: Artur Wojciech Zawisza is a Polish far-right politician and biogas plant industrialist. He served as a Sejm member of the Law and Justice party (2001–2007) and was subsequently the vice-president of the Libertas Poland (2009–2014), National Movement (Poland) (2014–2018) and Federation for the Republic (2018–2019) parties. He has been the president of the Union of Producers and Employers of Biogas and Biomethane Industry (UPEBBI) nationwide syndicate since 2021.

Rafał Dutkiewicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1959-.. (age 65)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Rafał Dutkiewicz is a Polish politician and entrepreneur who served as the city mayor of Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from 2002 to 2018.

Julia Hartwig

Born in: Poland
Years: 1921-2017 (aged 96)
Occupations: poettranslatorwriteressayist
Biography: Julia Hartwig-Międzyrzecka was a Polish writer, poet and translator, considered to be one of Poland's most important poets.

Marian Jaworski

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1926-2020 (aged 94)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishopphilosopher
Biography: Marian Franciszek Jaworski was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in the Roman Catholic Church. He was a close friend of Pope John Paul II.

Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1943-.. (age 81)
Occupations: physicianpsychiatrist
Biography: Zbigniew Kazimierz Lew-Starowicz is a Polish psychiatrist and psychotherapist, expert in sexology and national consultant in this field, and professor of medical science.

Anna Moskwa

Born in: Poland
Years: 1979-.. (age 45)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: Studied sociology
Occupations: economistsociologist
Biography: Anna Moskwa is a Polish politician who has been serving as Minister of Climate and Environment under Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in his second cabinet since 26 October 2021. She is the second minister to hold the position, after inaugural minister Michał Kurtyka. Moskwa has also previously served as Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation.

Mieczysław Mokrzycki

Born in: Poland
Years: 1961-.. (age 63)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Mieczysław Mokrzycki is Polish-born Catholic prelate, currently serving as the archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in Ukraine.

Tadeusz Gocłowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1931-2016 (aged 85)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. was a Roman Catholic archbishop.

Henryk Muszyński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1933-.. (age 91)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Henryk Józef Muszyński is the Primate Emeritus of Poland and former archbishop of Gniezno, Poland, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II when the Polish hierarchy was reorganized in March 1992. He had previously been Bishop of Włocławek since 1987.

Wacław Depo

Born in: Poland
Years: 1953-.. (age 71)
Occupations: university teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Wacław Tomasz Depo is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Częstochowa since 2012. He was previously the bishop of the Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów from 2006 to 2012.

Stanisław Wielgus

Born in: Poland
Years: 1939-.. (age 85)
Occupations: Catholic priestuniversity teachermedievalistCatholic bishopphilosopher
Biography: Stanisław Wojciech Wielgus is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church, who resigned his position as Archbishop of Warsaw on 6 January 2007, just one day after being installed in that post in a private ceremony, just before the start of his public installation, because of revelations that he cooperated with the Polish communist secret police decades earlier. He was Bishop of Płock from 1999 to 2007.

Andrzej Dzięga

Born in: Poland
Years: 1952-.. (age 72)
Occupations: university teacherjuristtheologianCatholic priestarchbishop
Biography: Andrzej Dzięga is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop and the incumbent archbishop of the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.

Ireneusz Krosny

Born in: Poland
Years: 1968-.. (age 56)
Occupations: actormime artist
Biography: Ireneusz Krosny is a Polish actor and mime artist. Born in Tychy, between 1982 and 1992 he worked with three amateur pantomime groups, most notably, "Scena Pantomimy", founded and led by Krosny. He began his professional career in 1992 with the solo act "One Mime Theatre". He received several top awards at comedy festivals in Poland, and also had his own television shows there. He began his international career in 1997, performing throughout Europe as well as in North America and Asia. He was guest at the Chunchon International Mime Festival in South Korea and many other festivals, such as the "Lachmesse" in Germany, "Kaukliar" festival in Slovakia, "Bodylanguage Festival" in Sweden, the Edinburgh Fringe, and the "Festival du Rire" in Montreux, where he also won the Golden Rose of Montreux for the best international act. In the USA he received the Critic's Choice Award from The Chicago Reader:

Tomasz Strzembosz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1930-2004 (aged 74)
Occupations: historiantrade unionistuniversity teacher
Biography: Tomasz Strzembosz was a Polish historian and writer who specialized in the World War II history of Poland. He was a professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Political Studies, in Warsaw; and, from 1991, at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Strzembosz was a resident of Warsaw, Poland.

Elżbieta Kruk

Born in: Poland
Years: 1959-.. (age 65)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Elżbieta Małgorzata Kruk is a Polish politician, a member of Law and Justice (national conservative political party in Poland). She was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005.

Józef Kupny

Born in: Poland
Years: 1956-.. (age 68)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic deaconreligion sociologistCatholic bishop
Biography: Józef Piotr Kupny is a Polish Catholic priest, current archbishop of Wrocław, and was the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice from 2006 to 2013.

Wiesław Mering

Born in: Poland
Years: 1945-.. (age 79)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Wiesław Alojzy Mering is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop.

Zygmunt Zimowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1949-2016 (aged 67)
Occupations: university teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Zygmunt Zimowski was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop Zimowski had served until his death in July 2016 as President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers, having been head of that office since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 April 2009. He previously served as bishop of Radom from 2002 until 2009.

Arkadiusz Czartoryski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1966-.. (age 58)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Arkadiusz Czartoryski is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 14,753 votes in 18 Siedlce district as a candidate from the Law and Justice list.

Alojzy Orszulik

Born in: Poland
Years: 1928-2019 (aged 91)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Alojzy Orszulik S.A.C. was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop.

Krzysztof Kozłowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1931-2013 (aged 82)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: 1950-1956 graduated with magister degree in philosophy
Occupations: politicianjournalist
Biography: Krzysztof Jan Kozlowski was a Polish journalist and politician. He served as Poland's Minister of the former Interior and Administration with the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki from 1990 until 1991. (The single ministry was split into two separate ministries in 2011). Kozlowski also served as the first Chief of the Urząd Ochrony Państwa (UOP) from 1990 to 1992 and was elected to the Senate of the Republic of Poland for four terms.

Ryszard Bender

Born in: Poland
Years: 1932-2016 (aged 84)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: Studied in 1955
Occupations: historianPolish scoutuniversity teacherpoliticiannon-fiction writer
Biography: Ryszard Janusz Bender was a Polish right-wing politician and historian. He is noted for his characterization of Auschwitz as a "labour camp", attracting allegations of Holocaust denial.

Danuta Kuroń

Born in: Poland
Years: 1949-.. (age 75)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: 1970-1976 graduated with magister degree in study of history
Occupations: trade unionistjournalist
Biography: Danuta Kuroń is a Polish trade union and democratic activist. She was an underground organizer for the trade union Solidarity in the Polish People's Republic, and she edited and contributed reporting to their periodicals.

Ewa Kurek

Born in: Poland
Years: 1951-.. (age 73)
Occupations: university teacherhistorianopinion journalistnon-fiction writerscreenwriter
Biography: Ewa Kurek is a Polish historian specializing in Polish-Jewish history during World War II. She has been associated with the far-right, and her revisionist views regarding the Holocaust in Poland have been widely categorized as indicative of antisemitism and Holocaust denial.

Janusz Krupski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1951-2010 (aged 59)
Occupations: trade unionisthistorian
Biography: Janusz Krupski was a Polish historian, member of the democratic opposition to communist rule in Poland during the People's Republic of Poland and a government official.

Damian Zimoń

Born in: Poland
Years: 1934-.. (age 90)
Occupations: theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Damian Zimoń is metropolitan archbishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice.

Jerzy Braun

Born in: Poland
Years: 1901-1975 (aged 74)
Occupations: opinion journalistwriterpoliticianscreenwriterliterary critic
Biography: Jerzy Bronisław Braun, ps. "Bronisław Rogowski" was a Polish writer, political activist, poet, playwright, literary critic, columnist, screenwriter, philosopher, scout, the last chairman of the Council of National Unity (from March to July 1945), and the last Government Delegate for Poland from June 1945.

Ignacy Tokarczuk

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1918-2012 (aged 94)
Occupations: Catholic priestarchbishopuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
Biography: Ignacy Tokarczuk was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Adam Szal

Born in: Poland
Years: 1953-.. (age 71)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Adam Jan Szal is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Przemyśl since 2016. He was previously the auxiliary bishop of the Przemyśl and titular bishop of Lavellum.

Grzegorz Motyka

Born in: Poland
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Occupations: university teacherhistorian
Biography: Grzegorz Motyka is a Polish historian and author specializing in the history of Poland–Ukraine relations. Since 1992 he served at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the Institute of National Remembrance.

Mieczysław Maliński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1923-2017 (aged 94)
Occupations: Catholic priestwriterpoetjournalistopinion journalist
Biography: Monsignor Mieczyslaw Malinski was a Polish Catholic priest, theologian and writer.

Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1938-.. (age 86)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz OFMCap is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Drohiczyn from 1994 to 2014.

Grzegorz Tobiszowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1965-.. (age 59)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Grzegorz Józef Tobiszowski is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7662 votes in 31 Katowice district as a candidate from the Law and Justice list.

Izabela Kloc

Born in: Poland
Years: 1963-.. (age 61)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Izabela Helena Kloc, née Lazar is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 5,185 votes in 30 Rybnik district as a candidate from the Law and Justice list.

Mieczysław Krąpiec

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1921-2008 (aged 87)
Occupations: philosopher
Biography: Mieczysław Albert Maria Krąpiec OP – a Polish Roman Catholic priest, philosopher (thomist), theologian, humanist and social scientist, the rector of Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski (1970-1983), the founder of the Lublin Philosophical School, the initiator and president of the scientific committee of Powszechna Encyklopedia Filozofii.

Henryk Tomasik

Born in: Poland
Years: 1946-.. (age 78)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Henryk Marian Tomasik is the current bishop of Radom since his installation on 14 November 2009. He previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce.

Bronisław Dembowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1927-2019 (aged 92)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Bronisław Dembowski was a Polish Catholic bishop.

Jan Emeryk Rościszewski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1965-.. (age 59)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: In 1988 studied study of history
Occupations: managerentrepreneurinsurance broker
Biography: Jan Emeryk Rościszewski is a Polish nobleman, business executive, diplomat and Poland's ambassador to France since April 2022. Previously, he served as the Chairman of the Management Board of PKO Bank Polski in 2021.

Zbigņevs Stankevičs

Born in: Latvia
Years: 1955-.. (age 69)
Occupations: university teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Zbigņevs Stankevičs is a Latvian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been metropolitan Archbishop of Riga since 2010. He previously served as Spiritual Director and Director of the Seminary Institute of Religious Sciences in Riga.

Józef Pieracki

Born in: Poland
Years: 1909-1988 (aged 79)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Józef Pieracki was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1953 to 1986.

Boleslaw Pylak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1921-2019 (aged 98)
Occupations: theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Bolesław Pylak was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was one of the oldest Roman Catholic bishops in Poland. Pylak was born in Łopiennik Górny, Poland and was ordained a priest on 29 June 1948 from Archdiocese of Lublin. Pylak was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the Lublin diocese as well as Titular bishop of Midica on 14 March 1966, and ordained a bishop on 29 May 1966. Pylak was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Lublin on 27 June 1975 and served in that capacity (becoming Archbishop in 1992 when Lublin became an Archdiocese) until his retirement on 14 June 1997.

Bogdan Wojtuś

Born in: Poland
Years: 1937-2020 (aged 83)
Occupations: theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Bogdan Józef Wojtuś was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Gniezno from 1988 until 2012.

Eugeniusz Popowicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1961-.. (age 63)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacon
Biography: Archbishop Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz is a Polish Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an archbishop-metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw since 7 November 2015. Also he served as an apostolic administrator of the newly-created Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk since 25 November 2020 until 23 January 2021. Previously he served as a titular bishop of Horrea Coelia and auxiliary bishop of Przemyśl–Warsaw from 4 November 2013 until 7 November 2015.

Mariusz Handzlik

Born in: Poland
Years: 1965-2010 (aged 45)
Occupations: politiciandiplomat
Biography: Mariusz Handzlik was a Polish diplomat, the Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland and since October, 2008 in charge of foreign policy.

Marzena Wróbel

Born in: Poland
Years: 1963-.. (age 61)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Marzena Dorota Wróbel is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7,524 votes in 17 Radom district as a candidate from the Law and Justice list.

Edward Ozorowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1941-.. (age 83)
Occupations: theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Edward Ozorowski is a Polish Roman Catholic clergyman. He served as the Auxiliary bishop in Białystok from 1979 to 2006. Ozorowski then served as the Metropolitan bishop in Białystok from 2006 to 2017. He was awarded Honorary citizenship of Wasilków in 2007. He was also honored by Białystok in 2014 and received the Minister of National Education award.

Jan Bernard Szlaga

Born in: Poland
Years: 1940-2012 (aged 72)
Occupations: theologianCatholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishoppriest
Biography: Jan Bernard Szlaga was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelplin, Poland. He was born the youngest of six children of Jan and Helena (Sciesińska) Szlaga.

Adam Dyczkowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1932-2021 (aged 89)
Occupations: theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Adam Feliks Dyczkowski was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop.

Jan Gajek

Born in: Poland
Years: 1949-.. (age 75)
Occupations: Catholic priestwriterGreek-Catholic priesttheologian
Biography: Jan Sergiusz Gajek is the Apostolic Administrator of the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church which is a sui iuris (independent) Eastern Catholic Church on the territory of Belarus. It is in full communion with the Holy See.

Jarosław Urbaniak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1966-.. (age 58)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Jarosław Piotr Urbaniak is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7,400 votes in 36 Kalisz districts as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.

Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki

Born in: Poland
Years: 1962-.. (age 62)
Occupations: writerpoet
Biography: Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki is a Polish poet.

Józef Milik

Born in: Poland
Years: 1922-2006 (aged 84)
Occupations: priestarchaeologistbiblical scholar
Biography: Józef Tadeusz Milik was a Polish biblical scholar and a Catholic priest, researcher of the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) through the deserts of Judea/Jordan, and translator and editor of the Book of Enoch in Aramaic (fragments).

Kazimierz Ryczan

Born in: Poland
Years: 1939-2017 (aged 78)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Kazimierz Ryczan was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop.

Hanna Malewska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1911-1983 (aged 72)
Occupations: writertranslator
Biography: Hanna Malewska was a Polish historian and writer, author of historical stories and novels, translator, Home Army soldier, member of the Tygodnik Powszechny team, and editor-in-chief of the monthly Znak.

Jarosław Duda

Born in: Poland
Years: 1964-.. (age 60)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Jarosław Duda is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 5,901 votes in 3 Wrocław district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.

Krzysztof Michałkiewicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1953-.. (age 71)
Occupations: politiciantrade unionist
Biography: Krzysztof Stefan Michałkiewicz is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 11,246 votes in 6 Lublin district as a candidate from the Law and Justice list.

Marian Gołębiewski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1937-.. (age 87)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: Studied in 1966-1968
Occupations: university teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishoplecturerbiblical scholar
Biography: Marian Gołębiewski is a former Polish archbishop of Wrocław, which he served from 2004 to 2013. From 1996 to 2004, he was Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg.

Gerard Kusz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1939-2021 (aged 82)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Gerard Alfons Kusz was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate. He was auxiliary bishop of Opole (1985–1992) and Gliwice (1992–2014).

Jerzy Mazur

Born in: Poland
Years: 1953-.. (age 71)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Jerzy Mazur is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ełk since 2003. He was previously a missionary, as well as a bishop in Siberia and the titular bishop of Tabunia.

Venedykt Aleksiichuk

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1968-.. (age 56)
Occupations: Catholic priestGreek-Catholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
Biography: Bishop Venedykt, bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago (born January 16, 1968, in Borshchivka, Kostopil Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR). Became auxiliary bishop of Lviv on September 5, 2010; became bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago on June 29, 2017.

Rafał Wnuk

Born in: Poland
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Occupations: historian
Biography: Rafał Wnuk is a Polish historian, editor of several historical periodicals, employee of the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences and of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). Wnuk was a student of the Polish historian Tomasz Strzembosz.

Anna Schmidt

Born in: Poland
Years: 1978-.. (age 46)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Anna Katarzyna Schmidt-Rodziewicz is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm (9th term) representing the constituency of Krosno. She previously also served in the 8th term of the Sejm (2015–2019).

Jan Styrna

Born in: Poland
Years: 1941-2022 (aged 81)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Jan Styrna was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate.

Stepan Sus

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1981-.. (age 43)
Occupations: chaplainCatholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
Biography: Bishop Stepan Sus is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as Titular Bishop of Zygris and Curial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia since 15 November 2019.

Teofil Wilski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1935-2022 (aged 87)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Teofil Józef Wilski was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate. He was titular bishop of Castellum in Mauretania and auxiliary bishop of Kalisz from 1995 to 2011.

Jan Wieczorek

Born in: Poland
Years: 1935-2023 (aged 88)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Jan Wieczorek was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate. He was auxiliary bishop of Opole from 1981 to 1992 and bishop of Gliwice from 1992 to 2011.

Sławomir Zawiślak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1963-.. (age 61)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Sławomir Zawiślak is a Polish politician.

Wojciech Zajączkowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1963-.. (age 61)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: 1982-1987 graduated with magister degree in study of history
Occupations: civil servanthistorianpolitical scientistdiplomat
Biography: Wojciech Jacek Zajączkowski is a Polish diplomat and historian. Ambassador of Poland to China (2018–2023), Russia (2010–2014), and Romania (2008–2010).

Zofia Zdybicka

Born in: Poland
Years: 1928-.. (age 96)
Occupations: philosophernun
Biography: Zofia Józefa Zdybicka is a nun and philosopher. She has been a professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin since 1978. Her order name is Maria Józefa in the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus in Poland. She is a specialist in ontology and the philosophy of religion.

Jakub Skiba

Born in: Poland
Years: 1961-.. (age 63)
Enrolled in the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: In 1986 graduated with magister degree in study of history
Occupations: historianpoliticiancivil servant
Biography: Jakub Tadeusz Skiba is a Polish civil servant and diplomat who has been serving as a deputy Minister of Interior and Administration (2015–2017), ambassador of Poland to Brazil (2020–2023).

Stanisław Gogacz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1959-.. (age 65)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Stanisław Gogacz is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Lublin.

Vasyl Semeniuk

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1949-.. (age 75)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Vasyl Semeniuk is the Metropolitan Archeparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv, an archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The eparchy is in the ecclesiastical province of Kyiv-Halych.

Vitaliy Krivitskiy

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1972-.. (age 52)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacon
Biography: Bishop Vitaliy Kryvytskyi or Vitaliy Krivitskiy, S.D.B. is a Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate serving as the diocesan bishop of Kyiv–Zhytomyr since 30 April 2017.

Andrzej Pruszkowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1960-.. (age 64)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Andrzej Marek Pruszkowski is a former president (mayor) of Lublin in 1998–2006. Member of Law and Justice.

Anna Brzezińska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1971-.. (age 53)
Occupations: writerhistorian
Biography: Anna Brzezińska is a Polish writer.

Nicolai Dubinin

Born in: Russia
Years: 1973-.. (age 51)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Nicolai Gennadyevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv. is a Russian Roman Catholic prelate as the Titular Bishop of Aquae in Byzacena and Auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow since 30 July 2020.

Jan Gałecki

Born in: Poland
Years: 1932-2021 (aged 89)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Jan Stefan Gałecki was a Polish Roman Catholic titular and auxiliary bishop.

Volodymyr Viytyshyn

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1959-.. (age 65)
Occupations: Catholic priestGreek-Catholic priestarchbishopCatholic bishop
Biography: Archbishop Volodymyr Viytyshyn is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an archbishop-metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk since 2 June 2005 (until 21 November 2011 in rank of Eparchial Bishop). Previously he served as a Coadjutor Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi from 13 May 2003 until 12 December 2004 and as an Eparchial Bishop of the same Kolomyia-Chernivtsi from 12 December 2004 until 2 June 2005.

Władysław Blin

Born in: Poland
Years: 1954-.. (age 70)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Biography: Władysław Blin was Bishop of the diocese of Vitebsk, the Catholic diocese centered in the city of Vitebsk (Belarus).

Andrzej Śliwiński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1939-2009 (aged 70)
Occupations: theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Andrzej Józef Śliwiński was the first bishop of the Polish Roman Catholic Diocese of Elbląg. The diocese was established on March 25, 1992.