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Jan Cieplak

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Jan Cieplak

Vilnius | Lithuania

First name:

Jan

Last Name:

Cieplak

Parents:

Jacenty Cieplak i Julianna z Bugajskich

Date of birth:

17-08-1857

Place of birth:

Dąbrowa Górnicza

Date of death:

17-02-1926

Place od death:

Passaic

Age:

Profession:

clergyman, Archbishop, Metropolitan, suffragan

Honours and awards:

Wielka Wstęga Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1925)

Biography:

Jan Cieplak (1857-1926), born in Dąbrowa Górnicza, son of Jacenty Cieplak and Julianna née Bugajska. He graduated from the gymnasium and seminary in Kielce. Then, in 1882, the Spiritual Academy in St Petersburg. He was ordained a priest in 1881. A patriot, he was repeatedly punished for voicing pro-independence views. In 1923, during a show trial, he was sentenced to death. However, the punishment was changed to 10 years' imprisonment, but he eventually returned to Poland in 1924.

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08.10.2023

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