Calendarium

25th May 1921: Krąpiec was born in Berezowica Mała, powiat Zbaraż (now in Ukraine)
26th May 1921: he was baptized in Holy Cross Rising perish in Berezowica
1927-1931: attending the primary school in Berezowica
1931-1939: attending the Wincenty Pol gymnasium in Tarnopol
9th July 1939: entering the Dominican Order in Kraków
9th July 1949: the first monastic vows in Kraków
9th July 1943: perpetual vows in Kraków
1940-1945: studying in secret philosophy and theology in Dominican College of Philosophy-and-Theology in Kraków
17th June 1945: receiving the holy orders from archbishop and professor Michał Godlewski in Kraków
1st October 1946-1951: working as lecturer on philosophy in Dominican College of Philosophy-and-Theology in Kraków
1946: doctorate on philosophy, nostrificated by Saint Thomas University Angelicum in Rome
28th June 1948: doctorate on theology in the Catholic University of Lublin, written under direction of priest professor A. Słomkowski
1st September 1951: beginning to work in the Faculty of Philosophy of the Catholic University of Lublin (as a lecturer)
1st January 1955 - 1996: being a director of the Institute of Metaphysics and of the Chair of Theory of Cognition in KUL
6th December 1956: gaining an assistant professor degree
1957-1970: being a director of the Chair of Metaphysics II (the Chair of General Metaphysics)
1st January 1962 - 26th June 1970: being a chairman of the Philosophy Section of the Scientific Society of the Catholic University of Lublin
27th March 1964: becoming a member of the Görres Gesellschaft (Bonn)
1965: awarded fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: research stay at the University of Munich by professor M. Müller
1967: becoming the member of the Societé Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Medievale
24th June 1968: gaining the professor degree
1958-1961: being the dean of the Faculty of Christian Philosophy in KUL
1969-1970: being the dean of the Faculty of Christian Philosophy in KUL
1970: becoming a member of the Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europea (Salzburg)
1970: becoming a member of the Pontificia Accademia di San Tommaso d'Aquino (Roma)
1st September 1970 - 31st July 1983: being the rector of the Catholic University of Lublin (elected five times in a row)
4th November 1970 - 7th April 1981: being the chairman of the Scientific Society of the Catholic University of Lublin
1972: becoming a member of the Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum
1972-1979: being the director of the Institute for Priesthood and Polish Migration
9th October 1973: awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Poland Reborn
14th October 1977: decorated with the Grand Officer Order of Leopold (by Belgian government)
6th November 1978: awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Poland Reborn
1981: awarded the Salsomaggiore International Prize (Parma, Italy)
14th October 1983: awarded the Medal of the National Commission Education
1983: awarded the Commander's Order of the Academic Palms (by French government)
1983: becoming a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
15th January 1986: awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Poland Reborn
1986: awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
1988: winning the title of the Professor of the Year, acclaimed by the Consejo Cultural Mundial (UNESCO, Mexico)
14th July 1988: historical speech during the meeting of the representatives of science and Michail Gorbaczow in King's Castle in Warsaw
1989: awarded the title of honorary doctor of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (Toronto, Canada)
16th November 1989: becoming a full member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
14th July 1990: awarded the title of honorary doctor of the Universitas Catholica Louvaniensis (Louvain, Belgium)
1991: honored with the title "Man of the Year" by the International Biographical Center (Cambridge, England)
24th May 1991: winning the Idzi Radziszewski Prize
1st October 1991: awarded an individual prize of the Minister of National Education for the outstanding scientific achievements
1992: honored with the title "Man of the Year" by the American Biographical Institute (Inc., Raleigh, NC)
1993: awarded the title of honorary doctor of the Experimental Institute of the State Pedagogical University of Tarnopol (Ukraine)
4th January 1994: gaining the prize of the Lublin Scientific Association for the man of meritorious service to science in Lublin region
16th December 1994: becoming a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
1st October 1996: retired of active didactic service (becoming an emeritus professor)
1996: stepping out with an initiative to establish the Polish branch of the Societa Internationale Tommaso d'Aquino (SITA): the Polish Thomas Aquinas Association
1997: being one from the mainsprings of organizing the Lublin unit of the Polish Academy of Sciences
2000: awarded the medal "Polonia mater nostaa est" (by the Social Foundation of Polish Nation Remembrance)
2000: initiating the edition of the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy (becoming the chairman of the Scientific Committee for the enterprise)
2001: decorated with Diamond Laurels for Skill and Competence (Katowice)
22nd October 2001: decorated with Medal of Merit of the Catholic University of Lublin
6th April 2002: winning the Phoenix Prize, awarded during the Catholic Publishers Fair in Warsaw; the prize was awarded for "the oeuvre of his work as the writer and editor"
2005: decorated with the medal of the meritorious for the Polish colony
2005: granted with honorary monastic title of "Magister in Sacra Theologia" (which allows to open new schools and studies)
10th February 2006: awarded the "Animus et semper fidelis" prize of the Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Polish Naval and Industrial Association.
8th May 2008: Krąpiec was died in Lublin.

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