1. John Joseph Krol was an American prelate of the Catholic Church.
25 Facts About John Krol
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John Krol was Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1961 to 1988, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967 by Pope Paul VI.
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John Krol's parents were Polish immigrants who were originally from the Tatra Mountains.
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John Krol received his early education at the parochial school of St Hyacinth Church.
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John Krol attended Cathedral Latin High School, graduating at age 16 in 1927.
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John Krol then took a job as a butcher at a Kroger grocery store in Cleveland, where he became manager of the meat department at age 18.
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John Krol began his studies at St Mary's College in Orchard Lake, Michigan.
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John Krol later enrolled at St Mary's Seminary in his native Cleveland.
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John Krol received a Doctor of Canon Law degree from the Catholic University of America School of Canon Law in Washington, DC, in 1942.
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John Krol served as vice-chancellor and chancellor of the Diocese of Cleveland.
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John Krol was named a papal chamberlain in 1945, and was raised to the rank of domestic prelate in 1951.
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On July 11,1953, John Krol was appointed auxiliary bishop of Cleveland and titular bishop of Cardi by Pope Pius XII.
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John Krol's installation took place at the Cathedral of SS.
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John Krol was the first Polish American to become an archbishop, and, at age 50, was the youngest Catholic archbishop in the country at the time.
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John Krol attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965.
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John Krol served as a member of the central coordinating committee.
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John Krol condemned arms races and abortion, but supported clerical celibacy and disarmament.
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John Krol made a celebrated pilgrimage to Poland in 1972, and served as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1971 to 1974.
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In 1985, John Krol baptized Polish United Workers' Party defector Romuald Spasowski.
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John Krol died at age 85 in Philadelphia, where he is buried in the crypt beneath the Cathedral-Basilica of Sts.
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The Grand Jury stated that John Krol knew that some priests under his command were molesting and raping young boys and girls but did nothing to prevent future crimes.
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John Krol was widely considered to be a staunch conservative, even a "traditionalist".
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John Krol opposed looser regulations governing marriages between Catholics and non-Catholics.
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John Krol opposed many of the small accommodations or options in church discipline that gained favor after Vatican II, including looser regulations governing marriages between Catholics and non-Catholics, the reception of Communion in the hand, and attending Mass on Saturday evening instead of Sunday.
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In 1984, Cardinal John Krol appeared with President Ronald Reagan at a campaign rally at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa shrine in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, praising Reagan for trying to win tax credits for parents of children in religious schools.