Augustinus Bludau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Augustinus Bludau

Catholic bishop

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1862

Place of Birth: Dobre Miasto, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 09-Feb-1930

Profession: Catholic priest, university teacher, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Poland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Augustinus Bludau (6 March 1862 – 9 February 1930) was a Bishop of Ermland (Polish: Warmia) in East Prussia from 1909–1930. Bludau was born in Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) as a son of a tailor.
After attending the Gymnasium (school) in Elbing, he started to study Catholic divinity at the Collegium Hosianum in Braunsberg (Braniewo).
Bludau was ordained in 1887 and worked as a vicar in Marienwerder.
He perpetuated his studies in Münster and gained his doctorate in 1891.
Afterwards he returned to Braunsberg as a vicar.
In 1894, Bludau became apostolic prefect at the bishops seminary and after the death of Andreas Thiel bishop of Ermland.
In 1895 Bludau was appointed a non tenured professor at the University of Münster and in 1899 a full professor of the New Testament.
Bludau died in Frauenburg.