Julian Wojtkowski
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The Most Reverend Julian Wojtkowski | |
|---|---|
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warmia | |
 Wojtkowski in 1981 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Warmia |
| Appointed | 17 August 1969 |
| Term ended | 24 February 2004 |
| Other post | Titular Bishop of Murustaga (1969–2026) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 25 June 1950 by Piotr Kałwa |
| Consecration | 22 August 1969 by Stefan Wyszyński, Józef Drzazga and Jan Władysław Obłąk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Julian Andrzej Antoni Wojtkowski 31 January 1927 |
| Died | 4 February 2026 (aged 99) Olsztyn, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Motto | Veni Domine Jesu (Come, Lord Jesus) |
Julian Andrzej Antoni Wojtkowski (31 January 1927 – 4 February 2026) was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate and theologian, who served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Warmia from 1969 until his resignation in 2004. He also held the titular see of Murustaga.
Wojtkowski was born in Poznań on 31 January 1927. During World War II, he and his family were arrested and interned in German camps, including Lager Głowno – Posen Ost, and later displaced to Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. He completed secondary education through underground schooling and graduated from a mathematics and physics high school in Lublin in 1945.[1]
He entered the Major Seminary in Lublin and studied for the priesthood for the Diocese of Warmia. Wojtkowski was ordained a priest on 25 June 1950 by Bishop Piotr Kałwa[2] and received a licentiate in theology. He later pursued postgraduate studies in dogmatic theology at the Catholic University of Lublin, earning a doctorate in 1953.[1]
Academic and teaching career
Beginning in 1952, Wojtkowski taught at the Warmian Theological Seminary (Hosianum), the Warmian Theological Institute, and later at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. He habilitated at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Kraków in 1968.[1]
He became a professor extraordinarius in 1987 and a professor ordinarius in 1997. His academic work focused on the history of Marian dogma in medieval Poland, early Polish glosses and texts in incunabula, and the history of the Diocese of Warmia. Over his career, he supervised numerous academic theses, including master's, licentiate, and doctoral dissertations.[1]
