The Last Episcopal Appointment of Pope Pius XII
One of the last episcopal appointments of Pope Pius XII and the last appointment of a Polish bishop, was a young priest from the archdiocese of Kraków, Karol Wojtyla. On 4 July 1958 Pope Pius XII named him titular bishop of Ombi and auxiliary to Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak, apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Kraków.
Some twenty years later, Pope John Paul II recalled meeting the pontiff as a student in Rome at the Belgian College. I want to recall the great Pope Pius XII, who forty years ago was called to the Holy See. He left a most profound impression on me. Introduced by the Rector as a student from Poland, Pope Pius looked at him with obvious emotion, paused for one moment, and said to me in Polish, Praise be to Jesus Christ. Wojtyla felt encouraged by Pope Pius XII, less than two years after World War II, which was a most terrible trial for my country.
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