Julian Wojtkowski

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.

Early life and education 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.

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 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.

He served as auxiliary bishop until his resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on 24 February 2004.