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August Hlond

1881 - 1948

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August Józef Hlond, SDB (5 July 1881 – 22 October 1948) was a Polish Salesian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno from 1926 to 1946 and as Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw from 1946 until his death. He was the Primate of Poland from 1926 to 1948 and was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Pius XI in 1927. As the highest-ranking Catholic leader in interwar and postwar Poland, Hlond played a pivotal role in guiding the Polish Church through the tumultuous periods of the Second Polish Republic, the Nazi occupation during World War II, and the early years of the communist regime. Hlond's ecclesiastical career was marked by his efforts to strengthen the Catholic Church in Poland amid political upheaval. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). August Hlond is the 2,093rd most popular religious figure (up from 2,207th in 2024), the 673rd most popular biography from Poland (up from 787th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, August Hlond ranks 2,093 out of 3,187. Before him are Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Paul Cremona, Berthold, Carlos Aguiar Retes, and Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo. After him are Shelah, Maria Restituta Kafka, Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro, Alypius the Stylite, Edward Clancy, and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, August Hlond ranks 118. Before him are Yakov Protazanov, Ber Borochov, Albert Austin, Nuri Killigil, Felix von Luckner, and Giuseppe Amisani. After him are Madge Syers, Vlas Chubar, Harry Hillman, Jānis Balodis, Ludwig Kaas, and Matrona Nikonova. Among people deceased in 1948, August Hlond ranks 100. Before him are Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Georgios Tsolakoglou, Hasan Salama, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, and Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein. After him are Giulio Gaudini, Charles Evans Hughes, Vicente Huidobro, Karl Valentin, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, and Monteiro Lobato.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, August Hlond ranks 673 out of 1,694. Before him are Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852), Hermann Boehm (1884), Marcin Bielski (1495), George I, Duke of Pomerania (1493), Eugen Goldstein (1860), and Bronisława Wajs (1908). After him are Hilary Koprowski (1916), Heinrich Graetz (1817), Richard Herrmann (1923), Henryk Jabłoński (1909), Henner Henkel (1915), and Zeev Sternhell (1935).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, August Hlond ranks 31. Before him are Moses Isserles (1520), Kazimierz Nycz (1950), Stanislaus Hosius (1504), Jan Sarkander (1576), Jan Łaski (1499), and Józef Glemp (1929). After him are Wincenty Kadłubek (1150), Zenon Grocholewski (1939), Aleksander Kakowski (1862), Dorothea of Montau (1347), Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875), and Hypatius Pociej (1541).

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