List of Polish People - Religion

Religion

  • Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lwów, 1815–33, and Archbishop of Prague 1833–38)
  • Baal Shem Tov (Yisroel ben Eliezer (1698–1760), rabbi, the founder of Hasidic Judaism)
  • St. Józef Bilczewski (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lvov, 1900–23)
  • Szymon Budny (Polish-Belarusian humanist and Arian priest)
  • St. Casimir Jagiellon (grandson of King Władysław II Jagiełło)
  • St. Adam (Albert) Chmielowski (Albertine)
  • Bl. August Czartoryski (Prince)
  • Edmund Dalbor (Primate of Poland, Cardinal, 1915–26)
  • Albin Dunajewski (Bishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1879–94)
  • Stanisław Dziwisz (Archbishop of Kraków, since 2005, Cardinal)
  • Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski (Archbishop of Warsaw, 1856–61)
  • Jacob Frank (Jewish messianic leader who merged Judaism and Christianity)
  • Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski (vicar, humanist, and theologian)
  • Piotr z Goniądza (religious writer)
  • Piotr Gamrat (Primate of Poland, 1541–45)
  • Józef Glemp (Primate of Poland since 1981, Cardinal)
  • Shlomo Goren (head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces, and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel)
  • Adam Stanisław Grabowski, Prince-Bishop of Warmia
  • August Hlond (Primate of Poland, 1926–48, Cardinal)
  • Stanislaus Hosius (legate to Poland, Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Warmia)
  • St. Hyacinth (Dominican)
  • St. Jadwiga (Queen of Poland, 1384–99)
  • Henryk Jankowski (Prelate, Chaplain of "Solidarność")
  • Marian Jaworski (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lvov, 1991–2008, Cardinal).
  • Aleksander Kakowski (Archbishop of Warsaw, Cardinal).
  • St. Raphael Kalinowski (Carmelite).
  • St. Jan Kanty (professor at Kraków University).
  • Stanisław Karnkowski (Primate of Poland, 1581–1603; Interrex, 1586–87).
  • St. Stanisław Kazimierczyk (priest and preacher).
  • St. Maksymilian Maria Kolbe (Franciscan martyr, Auschwitz 1941).
  • Hugo Kołłątaj (priest, statesman)
  • Bolesław Kominek (Archbishop of Wrocław, 1972–74, Cardinal)
  • St. Stanisław Kostka (Jesuit)
  • St. Faustina Kowalska (Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy)
  • Ignacy Krasicki (Primate of Poland)
  • Adam Stanisław Krasiński (Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski, 1757–98)
  • John Krol (Archbishop of Philadelphia, Cardinal, 1961–88)
  • Ernestine Rose (1810–1892), feminist writer
  • Chaim Elozor Wax (1822–1887) famous rabbi
  • Stefan Rowecki (1895–1944), general
  • Yisrael Meir Lau (born 1937), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
  • Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski (Primate of Poland, 1866–86, Cardinal)
  • Jan Łaski (1456-1531), Primate of Poland, 1510–31
  • Jan Łaski (1499–1560), Protestant reformer; nephew of the Primate
  • Yisrael Meir Lau (born 1937), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1993–2003
  • Władysław Aleksander Łubieński (Archbishop of Lwów, Primate of Poland, 1759–67; Interrex, 1763–64)
  • Franciszek Macharski (Archbishop of Kraków, 1978–2005, Cardinal)
  • Tomasz Miśkiewicz, mufti of the Polish Muslims (Muzułmański Związek Religijny (Polish)) and Imam of Białystok
  • Mieczysław Mokrzycki (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lvov, since 2008)
  • Zbigniew Oleśnicki (Bishop of Kraków, 1423–55; first Cardinal of Polish origin, from 1449; statesman)
  • Zbigniew Oleśnicki (nephew of Zbigniew Oleśnicki; Cardinal Primate of Poland, 1481–93)
  • Piotr of Goniądz, a spiritual leader of the Polish Brethren
  • Walenty Potocki (Count; converted to Judaism as Avrohom ben Avrohom, the Ger Tzedek of Vilna; died 1749)
  • Jan Puzyna (Bishop of Kraków, 1895–1911, Cardinal)
  • Jerzy Radziwiłł (Bishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1591–1600)
  • Tadeusz Rydzyk (Redemptorist)
  • St. Stanisław of Szczepanów (Bishop of Kraków, martyr 1079)
  • Adam Stefan Sapieha (Bishop/Archbishop of Kraków, Cardinal, 1911–51)
  • Piotr Skarga (Jesuit)
  • Kajetan Sołtyk (Bishop of Kiev, 1756–59; Bishop of Kraków, 1759–88)
  • Boruch Steinberg the 1st Rabbi of the Polish Army before and during World War II, an officer
  • Kazimierz Świątek (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev; Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk, Cardinal)
  • Edmund Szoka (Archbishop of Detroit, Cardinal 1981–90)
  • Jakub Szynkiewicz (1884–1966), Ph.D. in Philosophy, Imam of Poland, translated portions of Qur'an into Polish
  • Józef Tischner (priest, philosopher and first chaplain of the trade union "Solidarity")
  • Mikołaj Trąba (Archbishop of Gniezno, first Primate of Poland, 1418–22)
  • Jakub Uchański (Primate of Poland, 1562–81; Interrex, 1572–73 and 1574–75)
  • Piotr Wawrzyniak (priest and economist)
  • Karol Józef Wojtyla (Archbishop of Kraków, 1963–1978, Pope John Paul II, 1978–2005)
  • Stefan Wyszyński (Primate of Poland, Cardinal, 1948–81)
  • Reverend Monsignor (Wawrzyniec) Lawrence Wnuk (Protonotary Apostolic)














Read more about this topic:  List Of Polish People

Famous quotes containing the word religion:

    In the religion of all nations a purity is hinted at, which, I fear, men never attain to.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Those to whom God has imparted religion by feeling of the heart are very fortunate and are rightly convinced. But to those who do not have it, we can give it only by reasoning, waiting for God to give it by feeling of the heart—without which faith is only human and useless for salvation.
    Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

    Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting it. By this we are all his disciples and his successors; by this he has laid the eternal foundation-stone of true religion; and if religion is essential to humanity, he has by this deserved the Divine rank the world has accorded him.
    Ernest Renan (1823–1892)