EMIGRACYJNA DZIAŁALNOŚĆ KS. SZCZEPANA WALKOWSKIEGO – KAPŁANA DIECEZJI CZĘSTOCHOWSKIEJ (1912-1969)
EMIGRATION ACTIVITY OF REV. SZCZEPAN WALKOWSKI – THE PRIEST OF THE DIOCESE OF CZĘSTOCHOWA (1912–1969)
Author(s): Kamil KęsikSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Migration Studies
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Theological Seminary; emigration; aviation services; Argentina;
Summary/Abstract: Szczepan Walkowski was born on 12th November 1912 in the village of Wieruszów. Having entered the Częstochowa Theological Seminary in Cracow in 1934, he completed his philosophy and theology studies. He was ordained to the priesthood in June 1939 and he became a vicar in the village of Lututów. Immediately after the outbreak of the Second World War, namely on 2nd of September, he had to flee to Rome. Soon after that, he moved to France to Camp Coetquidain to the first group of the Officer Cadet School. He became the chaplain of the Podhale Brigade and later he took the post of chaplain of the Back-up Officer Centre in Sables-d’Or-les Pains. In June 1940 he moved to England, where he was assigned to the Polish Air Forces under the Royal Air Force. After the war, he was recognised an enemy of the nation in Poland and that made him emigrate to Argentina in 1949. He started extensive pastoral and educational work in Quilmes in the La Plata province. He died in the car accident on 8th of June 1969.
Journal: Studia Polonijne
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 43
- Page Range: 337-363
- Page Count: 27
- Language: Polish