1. Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz was born on 17 October 1923 in Wilno, Poland.
11 Facts About Henryk Gulbinowicz
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Henryk Gulbinowicz earned a doctorate in moral theology in 1955.
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Henryk Gulbinowicz then taught in the seminary at Warmia, while working in the diocesan Curia of Olsztyn.
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On 25 May 1985 Henryk Gulbinowicz was created cardinal by John Paul II.
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Henryk Gulbinowicz was recognized as a voice of the moderate wing of the church in Poland.
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Where Cardinal Glemp of Warsaw warned priests against involvement with Solidarity, Henryk Gulbinowicz intervened with the Communist government on behalf of striking railway repair yard workers.
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Henryk Gulbinowicz told the Catholic Information Agency that many of his peers employed this strategy and that after the war no one thought it necessary to restore his true birthdate to his documents.
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Henryk Gulbinowicz said that his superiors had known the truth from the time he entered the seminary and that John Paul had known from before he became Pope.
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Henryk Gulbinowicz was the author of a number of works in the new area of moral and doctrinal theology and on the formation of the clergy.
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Henryk Gulbinowicz died on 16 November 2020 at 10:40 AM, 10 days after the ruling against him was given, after having fallen unconscious in hospital.
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Henryk Gulbinowicz died due to respiratory and circulatory failure after having acute pneumonia.