Anthony Michael Rysz (July 15, 1924 - March 20, 2015) was a bishop of the Eastern Diocese of Polish National Catholic Church. He was born in Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania and attended the University of Scranton and Savonarola Theological Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood on October 19, 1950, and consecrated on June 26, 1968. Bishop Rysz was active in theological dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Polish National Catholic Church. He was succeeded as bishop of the Central Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church by Casimir J. Grotnik.

Works

Journeying Together in Christ: The Report of the Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic Dialogue (1984-1989), edited by Stanislaus J. Brzana and Anthony M. Rysz. (Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 1990).

Anthony Rysz

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American bishops

American Polish National Catholics

Bishops of the Polish National Catholic Church

American people of Polish descent

1924 births

2015 deaths

20th-century American clergy

21st-century American bishops

University of Scranton alumni

Anthony Rysz