Czesław Falkowski

Czesław Andrzej Falkowski (28 December 1887 – 25 September 1969) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Łomża from 1949 until his death in 1969.

[4] After returning to Poland, Falkowski was appointed a professor and spiritual father at Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy in 1913.

[5][6] He became the first professor of church history at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin after its formation in 1918, serving as such until 1920.

[10] On 3 March 1942, Falkowski was arrested by the Gestapo (alongside other professors and alumni of Vilnius University) and held at Lukiškės Prison.

[13] On 24 February 1949, he was appointed by the Holy See as bishop of the Diocese of Łomża; he was consecrated on 8 May 1949 at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Białystok by Romuald Jałbrzykowski, assisted by Ignacy Świrski and Michał Klepacz.