About Augustinus Bludau
Lived 1862 – 1930 (aged 67). Augustinus Bludau was a German and Polish university teacher, catholic priest, non-fiction writer, catholic bishop, bishop and new Testament scholar.
Augustinus Bludau (6 March 1862 – 9 February 1930) was a Bishop of Ermland in East Prussia from 1909 to 1930.
Bludau was born in Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) as a son of a tailor. After attending the Gymnasium (school) in Elbing, he started to study Catholic divinity at the Collegium Hosianum in Braunsberg (Braniewo). Bludau was ordained in 1887 and worked as a vicar in Marienwerder. He perpetuated his studies in Münster and gained his doctorate in 1891. Afterwards he returned to Braunsberg as a vicar. In 1894, Bludau became apostolic prefect at the bishops seminary and after the death of Andreas Thiel bishop of Ermland.
In 1895, Bludau was appointed a non tenured professor at the University of Münster and in 1899 a full professor of the New Testament.
Bludau died in Frauenburg.
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Catholic bishop (1862–1930)
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Augustinus Bludau was born on 6 March 1862 in Dobre Miasto.
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Augustinus Bludau died on 9 February 1930 in Frombork.
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Augustinus Bludau was a university teacher, catholic priest, non-fiction writer, catholic bishop, bishop and new Testament scholar.
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Augustinus Bludau was German and Polish.
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