Józef Glemp
Józef Cardinal Glemp [ ˈjuzɛf ɡlɛmp ] (born December 18, 1929 in Inowrocław ; † January 23, 2013 in Warsaw ) was Archbishop of Warsaw and Primate of Poland .
From 1981 to 2009 he was head of the Catholic Church in Poland . Historic events such as martial law in 1981 , the collapse of communism and Poland's accession to the EU occurred during his term of office .
Life
Józef Glemp came from a working-class family of German descent from the Gniezno diocese . During the German occupation of Poland he was sent to forced labor on a farm in Germany and was only able to finish school after the end of the Second World War . From 1950 to 1952 he studied philosophy at the Archbishop's Seminary in Gniezno and from 1952 to 1956 Catholic theology at the seminary in Poznan .
After being ordained a priest on May 25, 1956 in the Cathedral of the Assumption and St. Adalbert in Gniezno by Auxiliary Bishop Franciszek Jedwabski , he was vicar for two years before he was sent to the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome to do a doctorate . There he obtained a doctorate in canon law in 1964 . In 1963 he also completed an education in Latin and ecclesiastical administration at the Pontifical Gregorian University . After completing an internship, he was appointed attorney at the Roman Court of Justice from 1961 to 1964.
After his return to Poland he worked as a chaplain in two nunneries and as a religion teacher . He also worked as a lawyer at the local Metropolitan Court and in the secretariat of Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński , whom he accompanied on many trips. In 1972 Glemp received the honorary title of Papal Honorary Chaplain and in 1976 he was appointed to the Metropolitan Chapter of Gniezno. From 1972 to 1979 he was a professor of church and marriage law in Warsaw.
On March 4, 1979 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the Bishop of Warmia . He was ordained bishop on April 21 of the same year by the then Primate of Poland, Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński; Co-consecrators were Archbishop Franciszek Macharski and Bishop Jan Obłąk .
Jozef Glemp in 1981 then in personal union Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw. As Archbishop of Gniezno Glemp carried the title "Primate of Poland", as the successor to Stefan Wyszyński. After a restructuring of the Polish dioceses in 1992, the Pope separated the personal union for the leadership of the archbishopric of Gniezno and Warsaw. In 1983 Józef Glemp was admitted to the College of Cardinals as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria in Trastevere . In the same year Józef Glemp wrote a letter to the chairman of the German Bishops' Conference , Joseph Cardinal Höffner , in which he proposed to set up a mixed commission that should "work out practical proposals for German-speaking pastoral care ". He attended the 2005 conclave .
In 1989 Glemp directed anti-Semitic accusations against Jews of being anti-Polish, of controlling the media, of introducing vodka and communism, and of threatening the nuns of the Carmelite monastery near Auschwitz .
On December 6, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI. He submitted his resignation for reasons of age and at the same time appointed the previous Bishop of Płock , Stanisław Wielgus , as Glemps successor. After Wielgus' canonical assumption of office on January 5, 2007 and resignation on January 7, 2007, Glemp administered the Archdiocese of Warsaw as Apostolic Administrator until the enthronement of Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz , which took place on April 1, 2007.
As Archbishop emeritus of Warsaw, Glemp was allowed to continue the title Primate Poloniae until he was 80 years old. On December 18, 2009, this honorary title passed to Henryk Muszyński and was transferred back to the Archdiocese of Gniezno .
From 1996 to 2005, Józef Glemp was the first Grand Prior of the Polish Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . He was Honorary and Devotion Grand Cross Bailli of the Order of Malta. He was an honorary citizen of many cities, including Warsaw, Inowrocław, Mogilno, Żnin, Darłowo, Miechów. Piastów, Łowicz, Lidzbark Warmiński and Skierniewice as well as Castel Sant'Elia and Codroipo in Italy, as well as a variety of awards.
Glemp died on January 23, 2013 at the age of 84 in Warsaw of complications from bronchial carcinoma and was buried on January 28, 2013 in the crypt of St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw . His body rests in a black granite sarcophagus on the spot where Archbishop Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński sarcophagus stood before his beatification in 2003.
Memberships
- 2002–2009 Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature
- 19 ?? - 2009 Congregation for the Eastern Churches
Web links
- Literature by and about Józef Glemp in the catalog of the German National Library
- Glemp, Jozef. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 16, 2016.
- Entry on Józef Glemp on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 16, 2016.
- Publications by and about Józef Glemp at LitDok East Central Europe / Herder Institute (Marburg)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Poland's former primate Cardinal Glemp is dead . THE WORLD. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ↑ Cardinal Glemp buried in Warsaw
- ^ Germans and Poles . Broadcasting Berlin-Brandenburg RBB. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ↑ See the letter from Cardinal Józef Glemp to Cardinal Joseph Höffner in full. In: Ostkirchenausschuss der EKD (Ed.): Ostkirchliche Information (OKI), 1984-IX / 9, quoted from Gregor Ploch: Church and nation in the field of tension in German-Polish relations. P. 102.
- ↑ Trond Berg Eriksen, Håkon Harket, Einhart Lorenz: Judenhass. The history of anti-Semitism from antiquity to the present. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2019, p. 561
- ^ Letter from Pope Benedict XVI. to Józef Cardinal Glemp on the acceptance of his resignation from office as Archbishop of Warsaw on November 1, 2006 (Latin) .
- ↑ Gerhard Gnauck: Poland's Cardinal Glemp gives the title of Primate , in: Welt online from December 18, 2009.
- ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Józef Cardinal Glemp
- ^ Nomina di membri del Supremo Tibunale della Segnatura Apostolica , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of June 6, 2002.
- ↑ Note: With the completion of the 80th year of life all cardinals lose according to the Motu Proprio Ingravescentem Aetatem of Pope Paul VI. from November 21, 1970 membership in the dicasteries of the Roman Curia or in the permanent organs of the Apostolic See and of the Vatican State.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Józef Drzazga |
Bishop of Warmia 1979–1981 |
Jan Obłąk |
| Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński |
Archbishop of Gniezno 1981–1992 |
Henryk Muszyński |
| Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński |
Archbishop of Warsaw 1981-2006 |
Stanislaw Wielgus |
| --- |
 Grand Prior of the Polish Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem 1996–2013 |
Kazimierz Cardinal Nycz |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glemp, Jozef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glemp, Cardinal Józef (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish clergyman, retired Archbishop of Warsaw and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Inowrocław , Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 2013 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |