Franciszek Macharski
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Franciszek Macharski was a Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Archbishop of Kraków from 1978, named by Pope John Paul II to succeed him in that role. Macharski was elevated
Archbishop Emeritus, Franciszek Cardinal Macharski, at the funeral mass for Lech Kaczyński (2010)
The papal conclave of 2005 was convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed John Paul II following his death on 2 April 2005. In accordance with the apostolic constitution U
Franciszek Macharski
…as his titular church in June 1979, the first consistory of John Paul II, just six months after his episcopal consecration. He was a member of the cardinal electors of the 2005 papal conclave that elected Joseph Alois Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI. He lost the right to vote in conclaves when he turned 80 in May…
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI by the conclave on 19 April 2005.