1. Marian Franciszek Jaworski was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in the Roman Catholic Church.
15 Facts About Marian Jaworski
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Marian Jaworski was a close friend of Pope John Paul II.
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Marian Jaworski served as a priest for two years at a parish near the Ukrainian border before returning to the Jagiellonian University to complete a Doctorate in Philosophy.
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Marian Jaworski was a professor for several years at the Warsaw Theological Academy and later at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Krakow.
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Marian Jaworski lectured in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion at the seminaries of various religious orders.
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When Wojtyla was appointed archbishop of the Krakow Archdiocese in 1964, Marian Jaworski was given an apartment in the archbishop's residence.
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Marian Jaworski was Dean of the Pontifical Theological Faculty in Krakow from 1976 to 1981.
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John Paul II asked Marian Jaworski to be the administrator of the archdiocese temporarily from Lubaczow, Poland.
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Marian Jaworski was then appointed apostolic administrator of Lviv for territories within Poland in May 1984 and was consecrated bishop on 23 June.
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Marian Jaworski set about rebuilding the diocese left shattered by 45 years of communist oppression.
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In 1992, Cardinal Marian Jaworski was elected president of the Latin Church Bishops' conference for Ukraine.
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At the consistory of 21 February 1998, Marian Jaworski was created Cardinal by John Paul II in pectore, one of four such secret cardinal appointments he made while pope; Marian Jaworski's cardinalate was made public at the consistory of 21 February 2001.
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Marian Jaworski was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.
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Marian Jaworski surpassed the age of 80 in 2006, losing the right to participate in future conclaves.
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Cardinal Marian Jaworski died two weeks after his 94th birthday in 2020.