Archbishop Jozef Zycinski Died Unexpectedly

Metropolitan of Lublin died suddenly in Rome on Thursday February 10. The cause of death of Archbishop Jozef Zycinski was probably a stroke. He was 63 years old.

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Ordained to priesthood, 1972; Pontifical Academy of Theology, Kraków, Ph.D., 1976; Academy of Catholic  Theology, Warsaw, second Ph.D.  and habilitation in philosophy, 1980.

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lublin, 1997-present; Grand Chancellor of the Catholic University of Lublin, 1997-present; Papal Academy of Theology, Kraków, professor, since 1980, then Dean  of the Faculty of Philosophy; In collaboration with Pope John Paul II organized the Program of Interdisciplinary Dialogue “Science-Faith”; Committee member of the Polish Academy of Science; Congregation for Education at the Papal Academy in Rome; Member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences, World; Council of Churches, and the Russian Academy of Science

Author and editor of over 50 books and 300 articles, including in the following journals: Philosophy in Science, Il Nuovo Areopago, Review of Metaphysics, Astronomy Quarterly, and The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science; founder of  the journal Philosophy in Science, and Philosophy in Science Library series.

Selected books: Cultural Odyssey of Man, 2005; Christian Inspirations in the Origins of Modern Science, 2000; Three  Cultures: Science, the Humanities, and Religious Values, 1990; God and Evolution, 2006;  The Structure of Metascientific Revolution, 1988; Philosophy in Science, 1985.