Władysław Rubin

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Władysław Cardinal Rubin (September 20, 1917—November 28, 1990) was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches from 1980 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.

Biography

Władysław Rubin was born in Toki, Lviv, to Ignace Rubin and his wife Tekli Saluk. He studied at Jan Kazimiers University in Lviv and the University of Saint Joseph in Beirut, Lebanon. During World War II, Rubin was arrested and interned in a forced labor camp, joining the Polish Army after his release. Ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, OFM, on June 30, 1946, he then did pastoral work with Polish refugees in Lebanon until 1949. Rubin furthered his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1949 to 1953, when he resumed his pastoral ministry among Polish refugees, this time in Italy. From 1959 to 1964, he wa rector of the Pontifical Polish College in Rome.

On November 17, 1964, Rubin was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno and Titular Bishop of "Serta", as well as delegate of Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński for the spiritual care of Polish emigrés, by Pope Paul VI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following November 29 from Cardinal Wyszyński, with Archbishop Karol Wojtyła and Bishop Stefan Bareła serving as co-consecrators, in the church of S. Andrea al Quirinale. From 1964 to 1967, Rubin served as rector of the church and residence of St. Stanisław in Rome. On February 27, 1967, he was named Secretary General of the World Synod of Bishops.

Pope John Paul II created him Cardinal Deacon of "S. Maria in Via Lata" in the consistory of June 30, 1979, and appointed him Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on June 27, 1980. From 1980 to 1983, Cardinal Rubin was a member of the General Secretariat of the World Synod of Bishops. He later stepped down as Prefect of Oriental Churches on October 30, 1985, after five years of service.

Rubin was elevated to a Cardinal Priest, with the same titular church, on November 26, 1990, but died two days later in Vatican City, at age 73. He is buried in the Cathedral of St. Stanislaus in Lubaczów.

External links

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-r.htm#Rubin Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brubin.html Catholic-Hierarchy]