Józef Glemp

His Eminence Józef Glemp
Cardinal,Archbishop emeritus of Warsaw
Photograph, 2008
Archdiocese	Warsaw
Appointed	7 July 1981
Installed	25 September 1981
Term ended	6 December 2006
Predecessor	Stefan Wyszyński
Successor	Stanisław Wielgus
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Orders
Ordination	25 May 1956
Consecration	21 April 1979 by Stefan Wyszyński
Created cardinal	2 February 1983 byJohn Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	(1929-12-18)18 December 1929 Inowrocław,Poznań Voivodeship,Poland
Died	23 January 2013(2013-01-23)(aged 83) Warsaw,Masovian Voivodeship,Poland
Nationality	Polish
Denomination	Catholic
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Warmia(1979–1981) Archbishop of Gniezno(1981–1992) Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites in Poland (1981–2007) Apostolic Administrator of Warsaw (2007)
Motto	Caritati in iustitia (Love in justice)
Coat of arms

Józef Glemp(18 December 1929 – 23 January 2013) was a Polishcardinalof theCatholic Church.He wasArchbishop of Warsawfrom 1981 to 2006, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. He assumed the title ofPrimate of PolandfollowingWyszyński's death.

Biography

Early life and ordination

Józef Glemp was born inInowrocławon 18 December 1929 as a son of Kazimierz Glemp and Salomea Kośmicka, and wasbaptizedthe same day.His father had participated in theGreater Poland Uprisingfrom 1918 to 1919. Józef studied at theseminariesofGnieznoandPoznań,but his education was interrupted by theWorld War II;he and his siblings wereslave laborersduring theNazi occupation of Poland.Glemp wasordainedto the priesthood on 25 May 1956 by Bishop Franciszek Jedwabski. Glemp was of German descent on his father's side. On a visit to Scotland, he claimedScottish descenton his mother's side.

Early service

Between 1956 and 1959, Glemp was involved in the education of incurable youth and children inMielżynandWitkowo.He also taught religion classes inWągrowiec,Miasteczko Krajeńskie,andPolska Wieś.

After two years ofpastoralservice in Poznań, Glemp was sent to Rome in 1958 to studycanon lawat thePontifical Lateran University,earning his doctoratein utroque iurein 1964,with a thesis on:De evolutione conceptus fictionis iuris.After his practicum he was given the title of Advocate of the Roman Rota. He attended a course in stylistic Latin at thePontifical Gregorian Universityand also finished his studies in ecclesial administration.

Chaplain

In 1964, Glemp completed all of his studies in Rome and returned to Gniezno in Poland.He became chaplain of the Dominican and Franciscan Sisters and teacher of religion in the house for delinquent minors. He worked as Secretary of the Seminary of Gniezno and as notary for the Curia and the metropolitan tribunal and also as defender of the bond.

Secretariat of the Primate

In December 1967, he worked in the Secretariat of the Primate, and for 15 years was one of CardinalStefan Wyszyński's close collaborators. As the personal chaplain of the Cardinal, he accompanied him on his journeys within Poland and to Rome. He exercised varied responsibilities in the Commissions of the Polish Episcopate and taught Canon Law at the Academy of the Catholic Theology inWarsaw.He participated in several congresses on this topic in Poland and abroad. In 1972 he was named aChaplain of His Holiness,and in March 1976 he became Canon of the Metropolitan Chapter at Gniezno.

Bishop

Styles of Józef Glemp
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Warsaw (emeritus)

On 4 March 1979,John Paul IInamed GlempBishop of Warmia,in the northeast part of Poland and he was consecrated on 21 April, in Gniezno. After the death of Cardinal Wyszyński on 18 May 1981, he was named Archbishop of Gniezno on 7 July 1981, in union "pro hac vice, ad personam" with theArchdiocese of Warsaw.As Bishop of Gniezno he became also the Primate of Poland.

Cardinal

Glemp was created Cardinal-Priest by John Paul II in the consistory of 2 February 1983and assigned the titular church ofChurch of St. Mary in Trastevere.On 25 March 1992, with the restructuring of the Church dioceses in Poland, John Paul II dissolved the union "ad personam" of Gniezno-Warsaw, naming as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno BishopHenryk Muszynski.The Pope decided that the title of Primate of Poland should remain linked to the historical heritage of S. Adalberto in the Archdiocese of Gniezno and confirmed that Cardinal Józef Glemp, Archbishop of Warsaw, who had custody of the relics of S. Adalberto, which were venerated in the Cathedral of Gniezno, should continue to bear the title of Primate of Poland. Pope Benedict XVI stipulated that Cardinal Glemp, despite his retirement, would remain primate until 18 December 2009, his 80th birthday.

Episcopal conference

Cardinal Glemp acted as President of the Episcopal Conference of Poland for 23 years, from 1981 until March 2004.

He was president delegate to the 1st Special Assembly for Europe of the Synod of Bishops (1991).

Glemp was one of thecardinal electorswho participated in the2005 papal conclavethat selectedPope Benedict XVI.

Apostolic administrator

On 7 January 2007, it was announced that Cardinal Glemp would be acting as the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Warsaw due to the resignation ofStanisław Wielgus.On 3 March 2007,Kazimierz Nyczwas appointed to the Warsaw see.

Death

Tomb of Józef Glemp inSt. John's Cathedralin Warsaw

Glemp died from lung cancer on 23 January 2013 in Warsaw at the age of 83.Funeral celebrations lasted three days, from 26 to 28 January 2013, and took place in three major churches of Warsaw. On Saturday, 26 January, the cardinal's body waslying in statein theVisitationist Church.On Sunday, the coffin was moved to theChurch of the Holy Cross,where a Holy Mass was celebrated by ArchbishopCelestino Migliore,theapostolic nuncioto Poland, with the sermon preached by ArchbishopJózef Michalik,the head of thePolish Conference of Bishops.After the mass, a funeral procession took the coffin toSt. John's Cathedral.The Monday, 28 January 2013 Funeral Mass was attended by presidentBronisław Komorowskiand his wife Anna, former presidentLech Wałęsa,former prime ministerTadeusz Mazowiecki,representatives from the judiciary, the Senate, and the Sejm, and other high-ranking officials from various institutions. Over a hundred prelates from Poland and abroad (among them, Prague's CardinalDominik Duka,Budapest's CardinalPeter Erdo,Barcelona's CardinalLluis Martinez Sistach,Cologne's CardinalJoachim Meisner,and Zagreb's CardinalJosip Bozanić) concelebrated, with CardinalStanisław Dziwisz,the Archbishop ofKraków,presiding. The homily was given by the Archbishop of Gniezno,Józef Kowalczyk,the incumbent Primate of Poland. Afterwards, the late primate was entombed in a crypt of the cathedral.

Curial membership

• Oriental Churches (congregation)
• Culture (council)
• Apostolic Signatura(tribunal)

Views

Radio Maryja

Primate Jozef Glemp said in 2005 that the CatholicRadio Maryjawas causing a rift in the Church.

Wielgus affair

During the controversy surrounding the alleged collaboration of bishopStanislaw Wielguswith the communist secret services, Cardinal Glemp said that the prelate was a true servant of God and that media accusations against him were unfounded or exaggerated.

Controversial 1989 sermon

Glemp gave a homily in 1989 for which he faced criticism for years afterwards. In it, he suggested that Jews had spread alcoholism in Poland, and talked of Jewish control of the media. In 1991, Glemp wrote a letter to an American archbishop in which he expressed regret for the sermon, and said he recognized that it might have caused pain among Jews. During his visit to the United States later that year, Glemp met with a dozen Jewish leaders inside the residence of John Cardinal O'Connor in New York while about 100 protestors demonstrated outside. In that meeting, Glemp and the Jewish leaders set up a program in which Jewish scholars would go to Poland and teach about the contributions and history of Jews in Poland.

External links

• List of Primates of Poland

Media related toJózef Glempat Wikimedia Commons

• Virtual tour Gniezno CathedralArchived17 July 2020 at theWayback Machine