Swiatek, Kazimirez Cardinal b. October 21, 1914 d. July 21, 2011 Roman Catholic Cardinal. Twice a survivor of Soviet prisons, he was the longtime head of the Church in Belarus. Born to a Polish family that was sent to Siberia during the Russian Revolution, he was raised in what was then Poland, educated at Pinsk, and ordained a Priest in 1939. Arrested by the NKVD for anti-Soviet activities in 1941 he was sentenced to death but was able to escape during the Nazi invasion. Again arrested in 1944 he was to spend nine years in Siberia before returning to Pinsk...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Katedra Pińska, Minsk, Minsk City District, Belarus
b. October 21, 1914 d. July 21, 2011