Fr. Kazimierz Wysogląd SDS (1950-2015)

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Fr. Kazimierz Wysogląd SDS (1950-2015)

Fr. Kazimierz Wysogląd was born on February 22nd 1950 in Nidek, near Wadowice, on the territory of the Archdiocese of Kraków. He was baptized on March 1st of the same year in the local parish church. He had one brother and three sisters. His parents, Stanisław and Stefania nee Jordanek, were farmers. In 1964 Kazimierz entered the Minor Seminary of the Franciscan Friars in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, where he attended classes of the 8th and 9th grade of the Middle School.

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On July 6th 1966 he wrote to the Provincial Superior of the Salvatorians, asking for permission to join the Novitiate in Bagno. He began his Novitiate formation on August 2nd 1966 and made his first religious profession on August 15th 1967 in Bagno. During the years 1967-1969 he continued his education in Kraków. In 1969-1975 he studied philosophy and theology in the Salvatorian Major Seminary in Bagno and took his perpetual vows on August 15th 1973, also in Bagno. His Seminary superiors emphasized in their opinion letters his extraordinary talents in the area of sciences. He was ordained to the deaconate on June 29th 1974 in Bagno by the Most Rev. Wincenty Urban. On April 24th 1975 the same Bishop ordained him to the Priesthood.

Father Kazimierz’s first place of pastoral ministry as a Priest was the Parish of Our Lady the Queen of Poland in Bielsko-Biała, where he was a vicar during the years 1975-1976. Afterwards he continued his ministry, in 1976-1981, in the Assumption of BVM Parish in Bagno. By the Decree from June 11th 1981 his superiors sent him to the community in Międzywodzie, as a vicar of the Diocesan Parish of Saints Peter and Paul in Międzyzdroje. After one year he was appointed a vicar of the nearby Parish of St. Catherine in Kołczewo. In 1984 he continued his ministry in St. Adalbert’s Parish in Elbląg. After one year he was sent to the Salvatorian Parish of Bl. Brother Albert in the same city, where he worked during the years 1985-1987. In 1986 he was appointed as a consultor of the local Salvatorian community.

By the Decree from June 10th 1987 Fr. Wysogląd was transferred to the Nativity of the BVM Parish in Koczurki as a Pastor. After four years of his ministry his superiors sent him as a vicar to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Krzyż Wielkopolski. In 1992 he moved to the community house in Zakopane, where he was a confessor and pastoral assistant in the local church. In 1996 he went to Widuchowa, where he was also a pastoral assistant in the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, until 1998. By the Decree from June 2nd 1998 he was sent to the Immaculate Heart of the BVM Parish in Krzywin Gryfiński, where he worked for one year.

In 1999 Father Kazimierz was transferred to the community house in Kraków at Łobzowska Street, where he worked in the office. Later on he moved to Trzebinia, where from 2002 he was a penitentiary and pastoral assistant in the local Parish.

In 2007 Father Wysogląd went to Walendów, where he served as a chaplain for the Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy, as a member of the Salvatorian community of Warsaw. After one year, when the Polish Province concluded the ministry in the convent of the Sisters in Walendów, he moved to the community house in Warsaw at Olimpijska Street, where during the years 2008-2011 he was a pastoral assistant in the local Parish of Our Lady the Mother of Savior.

In 2011 his health worsened so much that he required constant medical attention. Therefore, on October 13th of the same year, he was transferred to the Care Center of the Borromean Sisters in Trzebnica, where he resided until his last days.

Father Kazimierz Wysogląd passed away on March 31st 2015 in Trzebnica, at the age of 65, in his 40th year of Priesthood and 48th year as a religious. The funeral took place on April 7th in the church of the Divine Savior in Kraków-Zakrzówek. Father Wysogląd was buried at the Salvator Cemetery in Kraków.

Fr. Ireneusz Kiełbasa SDS