Wiesław Dawidowski
Polish Roman Catholic priest, Augustinian, doctor of theology and journalist
Wiesław Dawidowski, OSA (born 14 March 1964) is a Polish priest of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the Augustinians, he has worked as a journalist and commentator. From 2007 to 2012 he was the anchorman of Religia.tv. He was the Christian Co-chair of the Polish Council of Christians and Jews from 2009 to 2013. He has been the Provincial Superior of the Augustine Order in Poland since 2012.
Biography
Dawidowski was born on 14 March 1964 in Gdynia.
During the martial law in Poland (1981–1983), Dawidowski was sentenced to six months of incarceration for active involvement in underground anti-Communist youth resistance movement. They had been distributing leaflets with information about the Solidarity radio station. While in prison, he went on hunger strike with a group of political prisoners to protest against the debasing treatment of women inmates.
Dawidowski joined the Augustinian Order in 1987 and was ordained a priest on 14 June 1991.
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