Stanisław Gall

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Stanisław Tomasz Gall (21 April 1865 – 11 September 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop.

Biography

Gall was born in Warsaw; he began attending the diocesan seminary in Warsaw in 1880.[1] He was later sent by Wincenty Teofil Popiel to the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1883 under a pseudonym, where he studied philosophy, theology and canon law. He obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the university in 1887. After returning to Poland, he was ordained a priest on 29 June 1887 by Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz.[2][3]

In 1889, Gall was appointed by Popiel as a professor of liturgy and philosophy at the diocesan seminary of Warsaw; in 1890, he was made vice-regent of the seminary.[2] He was made vice-rector of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy in 1910.[3] He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Warsaw and titular bishop of Halicarnassus by Benedict XV in 1918; he was consecrated in St. John's Archcathedral by Aleksander Kakowski,[4] with assistance from Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz and Wojciech Owczarek.[3] He was later made vicar general of the Archdiocese of Warsaw by Kakowski.[5]

On 5 February 1919, Gall was appointed Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Poland by Benedict XV, upon request from Józef Piłsudski; because of this, he was made a lieutenant general.[5] He served in this position until 12 March 1933, when he resigned from the diocese due to a long-standing conflict that he had with Piłsudski.[6] On 16 February 1933, Gall was appointed titular archbishop of Karpathos by Pius IX.[3]

After the death of Aleksander Kakowski, Gall was appointed vicar capitular of the Archdiocese of Warsaw on 5 January 1939; on 6 January 1940, he was appointed apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese by Pius XII.[6][5] During the German occupation, he provided the Vatican with information about what was occurring. He died on 11 September 1942 in Warsaw and was buried at a cemetery in Warsaw; his remains were transferred to the Field Cathedral of the Polish Army in 2018.[4]

References

  1. 1."ABP GEN. DYW. STANISŁAW GALL BISKUP POLOWY W LATACH 1919–1933". katedrapolowa.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. 2.[2.2]"Abp Stanisław Gall, twórca duszpasterstwa wojskowego w II RP". opoka.org.pl (in Polish). 29 August 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  3. 3.[3.2][3.3][3.4]Szmigielski, Jan (June 1937). "Jubileusz piąćdziesiąciolecia Kapłaństwa Jego Ekscelencji Ks. Arcyb. dr. Stanisława Galla" (PDF). Głos Kapłański (in Polish). Vol. XI, no. 6. pp. 242–247.
  4. 4.[4.2]Urzykowski, Tomasz (14 March 2018). "W środę powtórny pogrzeb abp. Galla, pierwszego biskupa polowego WP". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  5. 5.[5.2][5.3]"Życie i działalność abp. Stanisława Galla Pierwszego Biskupa Polowego Wojsk Polskich (ks. ppłk Marek Wesołowski)". archiwum-ordynariat.wp.mil.pl (in Polish). 31 March 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  6. 6.[6.2]Kępa, Zbigniew (2018). "Trudne relacje biskupa z Marszałkiem" (PDF). Polska Zbronja Historia (in Polish). No. 6. pp. 136–139. ISSN 2543-8735.