Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Arthur H. Krawczak | |
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
See: | Titular See of Subbar |
Appointed: | February 8, 1973 |
Term: | April 3, 1973 - August 17, 1982 |
Ordination: | May 18, 1940 |
Consecration: | April 3, 1973 |
Consecrated By: | John Francis Dearden |
Birth Date: | February 2, 1913 |
Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan |
Arthur Henry Krawczak (February 2, 1913 – January 13, 2000) was an American Bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 1973 to 1982.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Arthur Krawczak was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Detroit on May 18, 1940. On February 8, 1973 Pope Paul VI appointed him titular Bishop of Subbar and an auxiliary bishop for Detroit. He was consecrated by Cardinal John Dearden on April 3, 1973. The principal co-consecrators were Detroit auxiliary bishops Walter Schoenherr and Thomas Gumbleton. Krawczak continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on August 17, 1982. He died January 13, 2000, at the age of 86.[1] [2]