August Hlond (July 5, 1881 – October 22, 1948) was a Polish cardinal, who was Archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno in 1926 and primate (highest ranking church official) in Poland, Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw in 1946.
Read more about August Hlond: Early Life and Ordination, Bishop and Cardinal, Relations With Ethnic Germans, Beatification Proposal
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