Johannes von der Marwitz

Johannes Nepomuk von der Marwitz (Polish: Jan Nepomucen Marwicz) (20 April 1795 – 29 March 1886) was a German Roman Catholic priest and bishop of Kulm (Chełmno).

Marwitz passed his Abitur in Braunsberg and studied catholic theology and philosophy at the Universities of Breslau, Bonn and in Pelplin in 1825-29.

[1] He was ordained on 10 April 1830 at the Cathedral of Pelplin[2] and became a Parish priest at the St. Mary’s Church of Thorn (Toruń) and in Tuchel (Tuchola) in 1832.

Throughout the Kulturkampf Marwitz was one of only three catholic bishops - out of a total of twelve - in Prussia, who remained in office[3] and only evaded imprisonment because of his age.

[4] Under his tenure the Collegium Marianum in Pelplin was upgraded to a Progymnasium and catholic schools and teacher’s seminaries were founded in Konitz (Chojnice) and Graudenz (Grudziądz).