- Adam Kozłowiecki
infobox bishopbiog
name = Adam Kozłowiecki
religion=Roman Catholic Church
See = S. Andreae in Quirinali
Title =Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Andreae in Quirinali
Period = 1998 - 2007
Predecessor = None
Successor =Odilo Scherer
ordination =June 24 ,1937
bishops = Archbishop ofArchdiocese of Lusaka
post = Archbishop | date of birth = birth date|1911|4|1
place of birth = Huta Komorowska,Austria-Hungary (nowPoland )
date of death = death date and age|2007|09|28|1911|4|1
place of death= Lusaka,Zambia
infobox cardinalstyles
cardinal name=Adam Cardinal Kozłowiecki
dipstyle=His Eminence
offstyle=Your Eminence
See=Lusaka (emeritus )|Cardinal Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J., (
April 1 ,1911 –September 28 ,2007 ) wasArchbishop of theArchdiocese of Lusaka inZambia .Born in
Huta Komorowska ,Austria-Hungary (now part ofPoland ), Kozłowiecki was ordained aJesuit priest onJune 24 1937 . In 1939 he and 24 confrères were arrested by theGestapo inKraków and then sent to Auschwitz. Six months later he was transferred to theDachau concentration camp , where he remained until the end of the war.After his release the Vicar General proposed that he go to then-Northern Rhodesia, where the Polish Jesuits had a mission. He taught there for several years until being appointed Apostolic Administrator of the new Prefecture of Lusaka in 1950. As the mission grew he was named Bishop and Vicar Apostolic on
11 September 1955 . In 1959 he was appointed the first Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka. He resigned from the see in 1969 so that an African could be appointed Archbishop.He participated in all the sessions of the
Second Vatican Council and in the first Synod of Bishops in 1967, and in the 1994 Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops dedicated to Africa.After his resignation he continued to serve as a missionary in Zambia and was a member of the
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1970 to 1991.Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of
21 February 1998 . He wasCardinal Priest of the "Titulus S. Andreae in Quirinali". He died onSeptember 28 ,2007 .References
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External links
* [http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=136 Catholic-pages] bio of Adam Cardinal Kozłowiecki
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