KSIĄDZ DR JÓZEF DEPOWSKI (1879-1939) – KAPŁAN LWOWSKIEJ ARCHIDIECEZJI ORMIAŃSKIEJ, NAUCZYCIEL, WYCHOWAWCA I SPOŁECZNIK
REVEREND DR. JÓZEF DEPOWSKI (1879-1939) – A PRIEST OF THE ARMENIAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF LVIV, A TEACHER, EDUCATOR AND A SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Summary/Abstract: Józef Depowski was born on 29 November 1879 in Ropczyce in a family of farmers, in 1899 he graduated the classical gymnasium in Rzeszów and began studies of philosophy, theology and spiritual formation in the Theological Seminary in Tarnów, which he was obliged to abandon due to health problems. From 1907-1916 he studied in the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy of the Swiss University of Fribourg, where in 1912 he defended his doctoral thesis on the subject of the history of art. In 1912 he became incardinated to the Armenian Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv and in 1913 he took holy orders. After his return to Galicia he undertook the job of a teacher and a catechizer in the gymnasiums in Zamość (1916-1917) and in Ropczyce (1923-1930). He was a teacher and an educator of the youth, he taught several subjects in secondary schools, he served as the headmaster of a gymnasium, the chaplain of a nursery, he was a spiritual leader, the pastoral minister of workers, the initiator of social undertakings, the author of scientific publications. From 1936-1939 he was the administrator the Armenian parish in Tyśmienica. He passed away on 8 November 1939 in Ropczyce, where he was also buried.

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