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Jan Cieplak, photo nieznany, przed 1926
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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:
68
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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