1. August Hlond was later appointed Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw and was made a cardinal of the Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI in 1927.
11 Facts About August Hlond
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At twelve-years-of-age, Hlond went to Turin, Italy to study for the priesthood in the Salesian Congregation.
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August Hlond later studied a doctorate of philosophy in Rome, returned to Poland to complete Theology, and was ordained in Krakow in 1905.
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In 1909 August Hlond was sent to Vienna to be headmaster at a boy's secondary school.
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August Hlond remained in the city for 13 years, and working with spiritual and charitable organisations for Poles, and becoming Provincial of the Salesians for Austria, Hungary and Germany in 1919.
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August Hlond was consecrated as Bishop of Katowice on 3 January 1926.
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August Hlond succeeded Cardinal Edmund Dalbor, as Primate of Poland soon after and in 1927, was appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace by Pope Pius XI.
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On 18 September 1939, at the request of the Polish Government, August Hlond left Poland, with part of the Army, in order to reach Rome and report on the actions of the Nazis in Poland, and inform the world via Vatican radio and press.
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In 1939 August Hlond spent several months in Rome for the conclave of 1939.
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In March 1940, August Hlond went on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, in France.
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The AJC's letter further argued that, after the 1946 pogrom, August Hlond called the Jewish victims communists and said they had themselves to blame.