Glemp, Cardinal Józef b. December 18, 1929 d. January 23, 2013 Roman Catholic Prelate. Best remembered for having been the Primate of Poland during the years of Solidarność. Ordained priest in 1956, he devoted himself to the study of canon law reaching a considerable prestige in the Polish Church. On March 4 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Warmia and after just two years, Archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno. In 1981, his appointment as Primate of Poland aroused much controversy because he was suspected of collaborating with the...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli) Saint John's Archcathedral, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland Plot: Under the central nave dedicated to St. John the Baptist
Narutowicz, Gabriel b. March 17, 1865 d. December 16, 1922 First president of Poland. Narutowicz had from 1908 been a professor at the Zurich Polytechnic and had directed the construction of many hydroelectric plants in western Europe. After Poland regained independence in 1918, he became involved in national politics and served as minister of public works, 1920-1921, and as minister of foreign affairs in 1922. On December 9, 1922, he was elected by the Polish parliament (convened as the National Assembly of Poland) to be the first president of Poland...[Read More] (Bio by: Kasia) Saint John's Archcathedral, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Paderewski, Ignace Jan b. November 18, 1860 d. June 29, 1941 Composer, Polish Statesman. He was a renowned composer, famed pianist, and a great Polish statesman. 1940 found him an unwilling exile in America from his native country which had been overun by the Nazis. Born in the village of Kurylowka, Podolia, Poland. He studied at the Warsaw musical Institute. He served in the Polish government prior to his exile. Upon his death at the age of eighty of purely old age symptoms in New York, his body began a strange odyssey before reaching its final resting...[Read More] Saint John's Archcathedral, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Sienkiewicz, Henryk b. May 5, 1846 d. November 15, 1916 Polish writer. Nobel prize recipient in 1905 for his novel "Quo vadis." Born in Wola Okrzańska, Poland, he used the pseudonym Litwos. Was educated in Warsaw. Journalist and a columnist in 1872 for one of the largest newspapers in Poland; then editor of 'Slowo'. Went to South America in 1876 as a correspondent for 'Gazeta Polska". At the outbreak of WWI he moved to Switzerland where he organized war relief for Polis people. Prolific writer of novels and short stories. Died in Versey, Switzerland. (Bio by: Fred Beisser) Saint John's Archcathedral, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
b. December 18, 1929 d. January 23, 2013
