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sent to a labor camp in Germany, listing the year of his birth as 1928 instead of 1923. Though the falsification suggested he was ordained a priest at a very young age, his correct age only became public in 2004 when an Italian newspaper noted that John Paul had accepted his resignation as Bishop of Wrocław at the age of 80, not 75. In 2005, with the end of Pope John Paul's life approaching, the birth-year discrepancy became more important and was published more widely. Had Gulbinowicz been born in 1928, he would be eligible to participate in a conclave to select John Paul's successor. With the correction, it was seen that he was past his 80th birthday and ineligible. Gulbinowicz told the Catholic Information Agency (Poland) that many of his peers employed this strategy and that after the war no one thought it necessary to restore his true birthdate to his documents. He said that his superiors had known the truth from the time he entered the seminary and that John Paul had known from before he became Pope. The correct birth date was printed in the
490:'s leadership and told crowds of union-supporting pilgrims "Hang in there, as we are hanging in". A year later he told a similar crowd: "Only the right to organize independent organizations will enable Poland to overcome the severe political and economic crises troubling this country." At a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, he counselled patience with the post-Soviet government's attempts to rebuild Poland's economy and political institutions. He said "every thinking person in Poland understands that the good toward which the nation is moving must be paid for at the beginning with sacrifices.... Some laughed at our ideals, and even at the people who were faithful to those ideals" and said that Solidarity had proved faithful to its principles. He also avoided Glemp's "nationalist tones". When he welcomed the Pope to 264: 320: 48: 439:. In charge of the church community, he was responsible for the reorganization of the diaconate and he also promoted the construction of new parishes. Beginning in 1944, despite wartime conditions, he furthered the growth of religious life in his area by creating in Białystok the Parish Catechetics Center and reviving the trimestral publication "Wiadomości Kościelne Archidiecezij w Białystoku" (Church news of the archdiocese of Białystok). 522:
announced that following a Vatican investigation regarding sex abuse allegations against Gulbinowicz, Gulbinowicz was now "barred from any kind of celebration or public meeting and from using his episcopal insignia, and is deprived of the right to a cathedral funeral and burial." He was ordered to
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Pope John Paul accepted his resignation as Archbishop of Wrocław on 3 April 2004, when he was thought to be 75 years old, the age at which bishops are required to submit their resignations. It then transpired that in 1942, as a young man, Gulbinowicz had falsified his birth records to escape being
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On 3 January 1976, he became Archbishop of Wrocław. While guiding this local church during these years, he created many pastoral centers in this large region. In addition, he founded the biweekly "Nowe Życie" (New Life) and crowned the statue of the Virgin as protector of the famous shrine of
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of Warsaw warned priests against involvement with Solidarity, Gulbinowicz intervened with the Communist government on behalf of striking railway repair yard workers. In 1985 he identified the Church closely with
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in 1985. In 2020, he was banned from making public appearances following a Holy See investigation that confirmed allegations that he had committed sexual abuse and evidence that he had been a
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Wroclaw Card. Henryk Gulbinowicz is retiring. On October 17 the cardinal reaches the age of 75 years and in accordance with church law should leave his position.
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Gulbinowicz died on 16 November 2020 at 10:40am, just 10 days after the ruling against him was given, after having fallen unconscious in hospital. The cardinal was admitted to hospital in
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and made him apostolic administrator of the Polish section of the Archdiocese of Vilnius (Białystok). The following 8 February he received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal
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Even in Poland his birth year was thought to be 1928 as late as October 2003, when he was reported to have reached the normal retirement age of 75.
1101: 1295: 411:. He earned a doctorate in moral theology in 1955. From 1956 to 1959 he was university chaplain in Białystok. He then taught in the seminary at 388:). He grew up in Szukiszki (Šukiškės). He entered the archdiocesan seminary where he completed his secondary studies, upon being transferred to 887: 263: 776: 1237: 750: 593: 112: 987:[Card. Gulbinowicz disputes the reports in the Italian daily] (in Polish). Katolicka Agencja Informacyjna . 6 February 2005. 1054: 39: 671: 1310: 1275: 802: 828: 1188: 854: 125: 510:
He was the author of a number of works in the new area of moral and doctrinal theology and on the formation of the clergy.
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informant from 1969 to 1985. Following his death, Gulbinowicz was forbidden to have his funeral service at the city’s
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He was recognized as a voice of the moderate wing of the church in Poland. Where Cardinal
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ordained him as a priest on 18 June 1950, and he was an associate pastor at
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The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Biographical Dictionary (1903–2009)
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and the ashes interred on 23 November in secrecy at his family's tomb at
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on 10 November, just four days following the ruling. He died due to
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Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
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Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa
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Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz was born on 17 October 1923 in
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The Catholic Information Agency cited an article in
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Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
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Cardinal
Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław
Henryk Gulbinowicz 2009-02-24
Catholic Church
Bolesław Kominek
Marian Gołębiewski
Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa
Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius
Romuald Jałbrzykowski
Stefan Wyszyński
John Paul II
Wilno
Second Polish Republic
Wroclaw
Poland
Roman Catholic
Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz's coat of arms
prelate
Archbishop of Wrocław
Pope John Paul II
cardinal
secret police
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

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Cardinal
See
Wilno
Poland
Lithuania

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