Roman Indrzejczyk was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 Catholic priest, from 2005 to 2010 he was chaplain of the Polish President, Lech Kaczyński

Lech Kaczynski

Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość...

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Life

Roman Indrzejczyk was born in Żychlin

Zychlin

Żychlin is a town in Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, about 50 north of Łódź and 90 km west of Warsaw. It has 9,021 inhabitants .-History:...

. In 1951 he graduated at the Lyceum of Adam Mickiewicz in Żychlin.
Indrzejczyk was ordained

Holy Orders

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 to the priesthood

Priesthood (Catholic Church)

The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church include the orders of bishops, deacons and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. The ordained priesthood and common priesthood are different in function and essence....

 on 8 December 1956 by Bishop Stefan Wyszyński.
First he was the vicar in Drwalew and Grodzisk Mazowiecki

Grodzisk Mazowiecki

Grodzisk Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with 26,881 inhabitants in 2006. It is 30 km. southwest of Warsaw.Between 1975 and 1998 it was situated in the Warszawa Voivodeship but since 1999 it has been situated in the Masovian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Grodzisk Mazowiecki...

, then in St. Alexander's Church

St. Alexander's Church

St. Alexander's Church is a Roman Catholic church on Plac Trzech Krzyży in Warsaw, Poland.-History:...

 in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

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St. Mary's Church

St. Mary's Church, Warsaw

The Church of the Visitation of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary , otherwise known as St. Mary's Church is a church in Warsaw, Poland. It is one of oldest buildings and one of the few surviving examples of Gothic architecture in the city. It is located at ulica Przyrynek 2.-History:St. Mary's Church...

 in Warsaw New Town

Warsaw New Town

Warsaw's New Town is a neighbourhood dating from the 15th century. It lies just north of the Old Town and is connected to it by ulica Freta , which begins at the Barbican...

 and Church of Our Lady of Loreto

Church of Our Lady of Loreto

The Church of Our Lady of Loreto is an ornate church in Praga, a district of Warsaw, Poland, on the east bank of the Vistula River. The church stands on Ratuszowa Street and is Praga’s oldest monument...

 in Warsaw.
From 1964-1986 he was the rector of St. Edward's Church in Pruszków

Pruszków

Pruszków is a town in central Poland, situated in the Masovian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in Warszawa Voivodeship . Pruszków is the capital of Pruszków County, located along the western edge of the Warsaw urban area...

 and priest of the Hospital in Tworki.
From 1986 to 2004 he was the rector of Infant Jesus Church in Żoliborz

Zoliborz

Żoliborz is one of the northern districts of the city of Warsaw. It is located directly to the north of the City Centre, on the left bank of the Vistula river. It has approximately 50,000 inhabitants and is one of the smallest boroughs of Warsaw....

, district of Warsaw. He was a teacher at the National Music School in Warsaw.
In the years 1961-1976 and 1989-1994, chaplain of the health service.
From December 22, 2005 until his death he was a Roman Catholic Chaplain of the Polish President, Lech Kaczyński

Lech Kaczynski

Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość...

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He died on 10 April 2010, in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash

2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash

The 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash occurred on 10 April 2010, when a Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the city of Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board...

 in Smolensk

Smolensk

Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...

, Russia.

Honours and awards

Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta - 2010, posthumously

Medal of Merit for Tolerance "- 1998

Commander of the Order of Merit - 2008, Portugal

Works

• Rozważania o człowieczeństwie (zasłyszane w parafii). Warszawa: MATREK Jerzy Pusiak, 2003.
• I niech tak zostanie... niektóre myśli sercem wysłuchane. Warszawa: MATREK Jerzy Pusiak, 2005.
• Człowiek dla człowieka. Rozmowy z ludźmi i...historią. Warszawa: MATREK Jerzy Pusiak, 2006.
• Mądrym być człowiekiem. Warszawa: Jerzy Pusiak, 2007.
• Wiersze wybrane. Rozważania o człowieczeństwie. Warszawa: Towarzystwo Przyjaźni Polsko-Francuskiej, 2008.
• W pamięci zapisane. Warszawa: Jerzy Pusiak, 2008.
• Tak różni jesteśmy.... Warszawa: Jerzy Pusiak, 2009.