[Lviv - clergy - posed photograph]. [late 1920s/early 1930s]. Photograph form. 17.2x23.3 cm on original base form. 28.5x36 cm, by B[olesław] Statkiewicz in Lviv.
The shot shows senior and junior clergymen posed for a commemorative photograph against the background of a building. Visible among the portrayed are Bishop Eugeniusz Juliusz Baziak and Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski (1st and 3rd from the left in the 2nd row). Photo pasted on original cardboard backing. On the back the photographer's stamp: "Zaklad art. fotograficzny B. Statkiewicz Lviv, pl. Halicki 12 A". Corners slightly rubbed, otherwise very good condition.
B. Twardowski coat-of-arms Ogończyk (born February 18, 1864 in Lviv, died November 22, 1944 there) - Polish Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop of Lviv in 1918-1923, archbishop metropolitan of Lviv in 1923-1944, encyclopedist. (Wikipedia).
E. Baziak (born March 8, 1890 in Ternopil, died June 15, 1962 in Warsaw) - Polish Roman Catholic clergyman, doctor of theology, auxiliary bishop of Lviv in 1933-1944, archbishop coadjutor of Lviv in 1944, archbishop metropolitan of Lviv in 1944-1962, bishop coadjutor of Krakow in 1951, apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Krakow in 1951-1962. (Wikipedia).
B. Statkevich (1870 - ?) - in 1902-1908 at Teodoze Bahrynowicz's at 24 Jagiellonska Street, he was an auxiliary worker, while in 1908-1914 he jointly ran a photography shop with him. In 1914 at 12a Halytsky Square he opened an independent atelier to run it until 1938.
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