Mieczysław Albert Krąpiec

Mieczysław Albert Krąpiec
Bust of Krąpiec at the Catholic University of Lublin
Personal life
Born(1921-05-25)25 May 1921
Died8 May 2008(2008-05-08) (aged 86)
Alma materCollege of Philosophy & Theology
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PhD)
Catholic University of Lublin (PhD)
Religious life
OrderDominican Order
Profession8 July 1943
Ordination17 June 1945

Mieczysław Albert Maria Krąpiec OP (25 May 1921 in Berezowica Mała near Ternopil – 8 May 2008 in Lublin) was a Polish Thomist philosopher, theologian and rector of John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin between 1970 and 1983. Krąpiec was a founder of the Lublin school of Thomism.