Bolesław Kominek
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Bolesław Cardinal Kominek (December 23, 1903—March 10, 1974) was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Wrocław from 1972 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973.
[edit] Biography
Bolesław Kominek was born in Radlin (today Wodzisław Śląski) to Franciszek, a miner, and Kataryna (née Kozielskich) Kominek. Studying at the Catholic University of Kraków, he received the subdiaconate in 1926 from August Cardinal Hlond, SDB, and the diaconate in 1926 from Bishop Arkadiusz Lisiecki.
He was ordained to the priesthood by the same Bishop Lisiecki on September 11, 1927, and then furthered his studies at the Institut Catholique de Paris and did pastoral work among the Polish immigrants in Paris until 1930. Kominek did pastoral work in the Diocese of Katowice from 1930 to 1939, and with Polish fugitives during World War II until 1945, serving in Lublin, Katowice, and Upper Silesia. He was named Apostolic Administrator of Opole on August 15, 1945, but his ministry was interrupted by the Communist regime on January 26, 1951.
On April 26, 1951, Kominek was appointed Titular Bishop of Sophene by Pope Pius XII. His residence was designated as Wrocław, but the Communist regime forbid him from assuming residence there and from being consecrated. Nevertheless, he received his episcopal consecration clandestinely on October 10, 1954 from Bishop Franciszek Barda, with Bishops Franciszek Jop and Wojciech Tomaka serving as co-consecrators. The consecration was kept secret until 1956, during October of which he finally settled in Wrocław. Kominek was later named Titular Bishop of Vaga on December 1, 1956, Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae on March 19, 1962, and Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis on May 25, 1962. From 1962 to 1965, he attended the Second Vatican Council. In June 1966, Życie Warszawy called for the removal of Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński and for Kominek as his replacement; however, the latter responded by stating, "On questions of the existence of the Church, we [the hierarchy] are always together"[1].
Pope Paul VI appointed him the second Archbishop of Wrocław on June 28, 1972, and created him Cardinal Priest of S. Croce in via Flaminia in the consistory of March 5, 1973. Cardinal Kominek later died in Wrocław, at the age of 70, and is buried at the metropolitan cathedral of Wrocław.
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- ^ TIME Magazine. The Angry Strangler June 17, 1966
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| Preceded by Adolf Bertram |
Archbishop of Wrocław 1972–1974 |
Succeeded by Henryk Gulbinowicz |
