Stefan Wyszyński
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Stefan Wyszyński was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948, Archbishop of Warsaw and Archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He was created a cardinal on 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII. He assumed the title of Primate of Poland.
Stefan Wyszyński
Stefan Wyszyński
Wyszyński's cell in St. Joseph Church in Prudnik
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński.
Pope John Paul II
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Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
John Paul II in 1988
Painting of Saint John Paul II painted by Zbigniew Kotyłło, 2012
The wedding portrait of John Paul II's parents, Emilia and Karol Wojtyła Sr.
Wojtyła (second from right) in a Baudienst forced labour work crew during the occupation of Poland (1939–1945), circa 1941