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)














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