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Adam Kozłowiecki

S.J.
Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseLusaka
Appointed21 February 1998
Installed28 February 1998
SuccessorOdilo Scherer
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination24 June 1937
by Karol Niemira
Consecration11 September 1955
by James Robert Knox
Created cardinal21 February 1998
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Adam Kozłowiecki

(1911-04-01)1 April 1911
Huta Komorowska, Austria-Hungary (modern-Poland)
Died28 September 2007(2007-09-28) (aged 96)
Lusaka, Zambia
MottoIn Nomine Domini
Styles of
Adam Cardinal Kozłowiecki
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeLusaka (emeritus)

Cardinal Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J., (Polish pronunciation: [ˈadam kɔzwɔˈvjɛt͡skʲi]; 1 April 1911 – 28 September 2007) was a Jesuit priest who survived almost six years of captivity and torture in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, to become a missionary in Africa. He rose to the rank of Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lusaka in Zambia. He was named a Cardinal-Priest by Pope John Paul II.[1]

Biography

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Born in Huta Komorowska, Austria-Hungary, now part of Poland, into a family of noble descent, styled by the Ostoja coat of arms,[2] Kozłowiecki was ordained a Jesuit priest on 24 June 1937 after completing his studies at the Jesuit College in Chyrów in southeastern Poland (now in Ukraine). In 1939 he and 24 confrères were arrested by the Gestapo in Kraków and sent to Auschwitz. Six months later he was transferred to the Dachau concentration camp, where he remained until the end of the war.[3]

After his liberation, Kozłowiecki was granted his own request, by the Father General of the Society of Jesus, to go to Northern Rhodesia, where Polish Jesuits already had a mission. He taught there for several years until being appointed Apostolic Administrator of the new Prefecture of Lusaka in 1950. As the mission grew, he was named Bishop and Vicar Apostolic on 11 September 1955. In 1959 he was appointed the first Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka. He resigned from the see in 1969 so that an African could be appointed Archbishop.[4]

He participated in all the sessions of the Second Vatican Council and in the first Synod of Bishops in 1967, and in the 1994 Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops dedicated to Africa. After his resignation, he continued to serve as a missionary in Zambia. He was a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1970 to 1991.[5]

He was created a Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 1998; he was Cardinal-Priest of the Titulus S. Andreae in Quirinali. Because he reached 80 before becoming Cardinal, he was not eligible to participate in the 2005 conclave. He died on 28 September 2007.[6]

The Cardinal received many recognitions, among them from President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński and a foundation and museum in his name.

Published works in Polish

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  • Ucisk i strapienie. Pamiętnik więźnia 1939-1945, ed. I: Kraków 1967; ed. II: 2 vol., Kraków 1995; ed. III: Kraków 2008. A prisoner's diary during Nazi captivity.
  • Listy z misyjnego frontu, ed. Ludwik Grzebień SJ and Wśród ludu Zambii, vol. 2, Kraków 1977. Correspondence from Africa.
  • Moja Afryka, moje Chingombe. Dzieje misjonarza opisane w listach do przyjaciół, ed. Ludwik Grzebień, Kraków 1998. Letters to friends.

Awards and memorials

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References

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  1. ^ Stanisław Cieślak SJ, Kardynał Adam Kozłowiecki. Wyd. 1. Kraków, WAM, sierpień 2008, p. 6, 11, seria: Wielcy Ludzie Kościoła. ISBN 978-83-7505-119-3
  2. ^ Grzebień L., Genealogia rodu Kozłowieckich herbu Ostoja oraz rodu Dolańskich, Fedorowiczów i Janochów, Fundacja im. Księdza Kardynała Adama Kozłowieckiego, „Serce bez Granic", Majdan Królewski 2014
  3. ^ MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU
  4. ^ Stanisław Cieślak SJ: Kardynał Adam Kozłowiecki. W: Wielcy Ludzie Kościoła. Kraków: Wydaw. WAM, 2008. pages 6, 11 and 146-147
  5. ^ The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
  6. ^ The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
  7. ^ M.P. z 1995 r. Nr 29, poz. 338
  8. ^ Stanisław Cieślak SJ (2008). "Kardynał Adam Kozłowiecki" (PDF). Wielcy Ludzie Kościoła (in Polish). Kraków: WAM: 146–147. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  9. ^ "ŚP. Kardynał Kozłowiecki – odznaczony Krzyżem Wielkim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski". Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  10. ^ Museum

Bibliography

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  • Dąbrowski, Wincenty. "Kardynał Adam Kozłowiecki". Forum Polonijne (in Polish). 4 (2007): 33.

pap, ss: Zmarł kardynał Kozłowiecki (pol.). wprost.pl, 2007-09-28. [access date 2011-06-20].

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