Background
Bludau was born in Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) as a son of a tailor.
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Bludau was born in Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) as a son of a tailor.
After attending the Gymnasium (school) in Elbing, he started to study Catholic divinity at the Collegium Hosianum in Braunsberg (Braniewo). Bludau was ordained in 1887 and worked as a vicar in Marienwerder. He perpetuated his studies in Münster and gained his doctorate in 1891.
Afterwards he returned to Braunsberg as a vicar.
In 1894, Bludau became apostolic prefect at the bishops seminary and after the death of Andreas Thiel bishop of Ermland. In 1895 Bludau was appointed a non tenured professor at the University of Münster and in 1899 a full professor of the New Testament.
Bludau died in Frauenburg.