In 1913, he finished secondary school in Krasnystaw, Lublin Voivodeship and, along with a wave of Polish workers, emigrated to Detroit, where he completed his secondary education and learned the English language. While in Detroit, he established contact with the Polish National Catholic Church. In 1916, he began studies at the Savonarola Theological Seminary of the Polish National Catholic Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania. On 16 December 1919, he was admitted to the clergy at the hands of Franciszek Hodur, the Prime Bishop of the PNCC. In 1931, he returned to Poland in order to help to build the PNCC in his homeland. He was initially helped by Bishop Leon Grochowski.
Bishop of the PNCCedit
In January 1933, during a meeting of the Church Council in Warsaw, held under the leadership of Bishop Franciszek Hodur, Padewski became the chairman of the Church Council and the administrator of the PNCC in Poland. He was chosen as bishop during the second PNCC synod in 1935 and was ordained as bishop on 26 August 1936, in Scranton.
In early September 1942, Padewski was arrested by the occupying forces and was imprisoned in Kraków. He was moved to Tittmoning, Bavaria, where the future Roman CatholicPopeBenedict XVI had lived ten years previously as a small child. Padewski was released from captivity during an exchange of prisoners of war organised by the Swiss Red Cross.
In 1944, he once again emigrated to the United States.
Postwar years and deathedit
Grave of Padewski at Powązki Military Cemetery
He returned to Poland on 20 February 1946 in order to provide pastoral care to the Polish clergy. He was soon accused of illegally handling foreign currency. However, that was seen as a pretext, and his arrest was viewed as a political plot.
Around this time, Tomasz Kołakowski, one of the priests of the PNCC in Poland, managed to evade the Communist authorities and escape to the United States. There, he revealed the Katyn massacre to the American public. The Communist authorities in Poland then viewed the PNCC in Poland as being taken over by American imperialism.
Padewski was betrayed by clergy within the Polish PNCC anxious to gain favour with the Communist authorities. He was arrested on 17 January 1951.
He was held in a political Mokotów Prison in Warsaw. In this prison, on 10 May 1951, he was tortured to death by officers of the Ministry of Public Security of Poland (MBP). The authorities falsified his autopsy and claimed that he died by natural causes.
His funeral, in the PNCC cemetery in Warsaw, was conducted during the night of 14 May 1951, by a team of his closest colleagues. Officers of the MBP surrounded the area. Padewski is buried at Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw.
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józef, padewski, february, 1894, antoniów, masovian, voivodeship, 1951, warsaw, bishop, polish, diocese, polish, national, catholic, church, pncc, church, based, united, states, contents, early, life, bishop, pncc, postwar, years, death, notes, external, links. Jozef Padewski 18 February 1894 in Antoniow Masovian Voivodeship 10 May 1951 in Warsaw was the bishop of the Polish Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church PNCC a church based in the United States 1 Jozef Padewski Contents 1 Early life 2 Bishop of the PNCC 3 Postwar years and death 4 Notes 5 External linksEarly life editIn 1913 he finished secondary school in Krasnystaw Lublin Voivodeship and along with a wave of Polish workers emigrated to Detroit where he completed his secondary education and learned the English language While in Detroit he established contact with the Polish National Catholic Church In 1916 he began studies at the Savonarola Theological Seminary of the Polish National Catholic Church in Scranton Pennsylvania On 16 December 1919 he was admitted to the clergy at the hands of Franciszek Hodur the Prime Bishop of the PNCC In 1931 he returned to Poland in order to help to build the PNCC in his homeland He was initially helped by Bishop Leon Grochowski Bishop of the PNCC editIn January 1933 during a meeting of the Church Council in Warsaw held under the leadership of Bishop Franciszek Hodur Padewski became the chairman of the Church Council and the administrator of the PNCC in Poland He was chosen as bishop during the second PNCC synod in 1935 and was ordained as bishop on 26 August 1936 in Scranton During World War II he participated in the defence of the PNCC and in the conference that admitted the PNCC to the Union of Utrecht of Old Catholic Churches In early September 1942 Padewski was arrested by the occupying forces and was imprisoned in Krakow He was moved to Tittmoning Bavaria where the future Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI had lived ten years previously as a small child Padewski was released from captivity during an exchange of prisoners of war organised by the Swiss Red Cross In 1944 he once again emigrated to the United States Postwar years and death edit nbsp Grave of Padewski at Powazki Military Cemetery He returned to Poland on 20 February 1946 in order to provide pastoral care to the Polish clergy He was soon accused of illegally handling foreign currency However that was seen as a pretext and his arrest was viewed as a political plot Around this time Tomasz Kolakowski one of the priests of the PNCC in Poland managed to evade the Communist authorities and escape to the United States There he revealed the Katyn massacre to the American public The Communist authorities in Poland then viewed the PNCC in Poland as being taken over by American imperialism Padewski was betrayed by clergy within the Polish PNCC anxious to gain favour with the Communist authorities He was arrested on 17 January 1951 He was held in a political Mokotow Prison in Warsaw In this prison on 10 May 1951 he was tortured to death by officers of the Ministry of Public Security of Poland MBP The authorities falsified his autopsy and claimed that he died by natural causes His funeral in the PNCC cemetery in Warsaw was conducted during the night of 14 May 1951 by a team of his closest colleagues Officers of the MBP surrounded the area Padewski is buried at Powazki Military Cemetery in Warsaw Notes edit Home The Polish National Catholic Church External links edit nbsp Media related to Jozef Padewski at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jozef Padewski amp oldid 1210151353, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
