Piotr Krupa

Piotr Krupa (19 June 1936 – 4 March 2024) was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg from 1984 to 1992 and as auxiliary bishop of Pelplin from 1992 to 2011. He was also the titular bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena until his death.

Biography

Piotr Krupa was born on 19 June 1936 in Braciejowa. In the years 1951–1955 he studied at the Secondary School in Złotów, where he obtained his secondary school leaving certificate. In the years 1955–1961 he completed philosophical and theological studies at the Major Seminary in Gościkowo-Paradyż. He was ordained a priest on 14 May 1961 in Gorzów Wielkopolski by Bishop Wilhelm Pluta, the local delegate of the Primate of Poland with the rights of a residential bishop. He continued his studies in moral theology in the years 1971–1976 at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the Université des Sciences Humaines in Strasbourg. There, in 1972 he received a master's degree, in 1973 a bachelor's degree, and in 1975, on the basis of the dissertation Moral attitudes in extreme situations, a doctorate in moral theology. In 1980–1981, at the University of Strasbourg, he completed studies preparing for habilitation, obtaining the Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies.