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Synopsis
Stefan Wyszyński (Aug 1901 to May 1981) was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948, archbishop of Warsaw and archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He was created cardinal on 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII. He assumed the title of Primate of Poland. Stefan Wyszyński was often called the Primate of the Millennium.
The cause for his beatification and canonization opened in 1989 (now has the title of Servant of God) and has many proponents in the Vatican and in his native Poland, where he is well known for his heroic and principled stand against Nazism and Communism and because of his connections to Pope John Paul II (he ultimately urged then-Cardinal Wojtyla to accept his election as Supreme Pontiff).
He was the unquestionable leader of Polish nation (the non-crowned king of Poland), in opposition to the totalitarian government that was dependent on the Soviet Union. He is widely believed to be responsible for the survival of Polish Christianity under the highly unfavourable circumstances. He has been imprisoned for three years by the Communists, and is commonly considered as a Polish national hero.
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