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Name |
Born |
Elevated |
Cardinal title |
Other titles |
Conclaves |
Died |
Notes |
Ref. |
Image |
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Zbigniew Oleśnicki |
Sienno, 5 December 1389 |
18 December 1439 by Pope Eugene IV |
Cardinal Priest of S. Prisca |
Bishop of Kraków |
1447 – absent |
Sandomierz, 1 April 1455 |
Also created pseudocardinal by Antipope Felix V in 1440, which nomination Oleśnicki declined. Pope Nicholas V confirmed Eugene's nomination and sent Oleśnicki his red hat in 1449. |
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Zbigniew Olesnicki" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Miranda |
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Alexander of Masovia |
Płock, 1400 |
2 October 1440 by Antipope Felix V |
Cardinal Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso |
Bishop of Trent |
None |
Vienna, Austria 2 June 1444 |
Pseudocardinal |
Miranda |
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Wincenty Kot |
Dębno, ca.1395 |
6 April 1444 by Antipope Felix V |
Cardinal Priest of S. Crisogono |
Archbishop of Gniezno |
None |
Gniezno, 14 April 1448 |
Pseudocardinal; resigned the pseudocardinalate on 2 October 1447. Applied for recognition of his promotion from Pope Nicholas V, but died before obtaining it. |
Miranda |
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Fryderyk Jagiellończyk |
Kraków, 27 April 1468 |
20 September 1493 by Pope Alexander VI |
Cardinal Priest of S. Lucia in Septisolio |
Archbishop of Gniezno, Bishop of Kraków |
None |
Kraków, 14 March 1503 |
Son of King Casimir IV of Poland, brother of Saint Casimir |
Miranda |
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Stanisław Hozjusz |
Kraków, 5 May 1504 |
26 February 1561 by Pope Pius IV |
Cardinal Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna |
Bishop of Ermland |
1565 – absent; 1572 – participated |
Capranica, Italy, 5 August 1579 |
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"Stanislaus Hosius". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Jerzy Radziwiłł |
Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania), 31 May 1556 |
12 December 1583 by Pope Gregory XIII |
Cardinal Priest of S. Sisto |
Bishop of Wilno until 1591, later Bishop of Kraków |
1585, Sep 1590, Oct 1590 – absent; 1591, 1592 – participated |
Rome, Italy, 21 January 1600 |
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"Jerzy Radziwiłł". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Bernard Maciejowski |
1548 |
9 June 1604 by Pope Clement VIII |
Cardinal Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina |
Bishop of Kraków until 1606, later Archbishop of Gniezno |
Mar 1605, May 1605 – absent |
Kraków, 19 January 1608 |
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"Bernard Maciejowski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Jan Olbracht Waza |
Kraków, 25 May 1612 |
19 November 1629 in pectore by Pope Urban VIII |
Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro |
Bishop of Kraków |
None |
Padua, Italy, 29 December 1634 |
Son of King Sigismund III of Poland. Elevated in pectore, announced on 20 December 1632. |
"Jan Olbracht Waza". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Jan Kazimierz Waza |
Kraków, 22 May 1609 |
28 May 1646 by Pope Innocent X |
(Never received the red hat and the title) |
None |
None |
Nevers, France, 16 December 1672 |
Son of King Sigismund III of Poland. Resigned the cardinalate in 1647, resignation accepted by the pope on 6 July 1648. King of Poland 1648–1668. |
Miranda |
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Michał Radziejowski |
Poznań, 3 December 1645 |
2 September 1686 by Pope Innocent XI |
Cardinal Priest of S. Maria della Pace |
Bishop of Ermland until 1688, later Archbishop of Gniezno |
1689, 1691, 1700 – absent |
Gdańsk, 11 October 1705 |
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"Michał Radziejowski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Jan Kazimierz Denhoff |
Warsaw, 8 June 1649 |
2 September 1686 by Pope Innocent XI |
Cardinal Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina |
Bishop of Cesena, Italy; Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 1695–1696 |
1689, 1691 – participated |
Rome, 20 June 1697 |
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"Jan Kazimierz Denhoff". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Jan Aleksander Lipski |
Olszyna, 15 June 1690 |
20 December 1737 by Pope Clement XII |
(Never received the red hat and the title) |
Bishop of Kraków |
1740 – absent |
Kielce, 20 February 1746 |
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"Jan Aleksander Lipski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Leon Michał Przyłuski |
Strzeszynek (now part of Poznań), 5 October 1789 |
Elevation intended by Pope Pius IX to take place on 22 June 1866 |
(Died before consistory) |
Archbishop of Gnesen-Posen (Gniezno-Poznań) |
None |
Poznań, 12 March 1865 |
The pope intended to elevate Przyłuski to cardinalate, but the bishop died before the consistory was announced. |
"Leon Michał Przyłuski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Mieczysław Ledóchowski |
Górki, 29 October 1822 |
15 March 1875 by Pope Pius IX |
Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli |
Archbishop of Gnesen-Posen (Gniezno-Poznań) until 1896, later Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith |
1878 – participated |
Rome, 22 July 1902 |
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"Mieczysław Ledóchowski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Włodzimierz Czacki |
Poryck (now Pavlivka, Ukraine), 16 April 1834 |
25 September 1882 by Pope Leo XIII |
Cardinal Priest of S. Pudenziana |
Titular Archbishop of Salamis, Apostolic Nuncio to France |
None |
Rome, 8 March 1888 |
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"Włodzimierz Czacki". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Albin Dunajewski |
Stanislau (now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), 1 March 1817 |
23 June 1890 by Pope Leo XIII |
Cardinal Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio |
Bishop of Krakau (Kraków) |
None |
Krakau (Kraków), 18 June 1894 |
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"Albin Dunajewski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Jan Puzyna |
Gwoździec (now Hvizdets, Ukraine) 13 September 1842 |
15 April 1901 by Pope Leo XIII |
Cardinal Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio |
Bishop of Krakau (Kraków) |
1903 – participated |
Krakau (Kraków), 8 September 1911 |
At the conclave of 1903, Puzyna vetoed the election of Cardinal Mariano Rampolla in the name of Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria-Hungary. |
"Jan Puzyna". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Edmund Dalbor |
Ostrowo (now Ostrów Wielkopolski), 30 October 1869 |
15 December 1919 by Pope Benedict XV |
Cardinal Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina |
Archbishop of Gniezno-Poznań |
1922 – participated |
Poznań, 13 February 1926 |
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"Edmund Dalbor". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Aleksander Kakowski |
Dębiny, 5 February 1862 |
15 December 1919 by Pope Benedict XV |
Cardinal Priest of S. Agostino |
Archbishop of Warsaw |
1922 – participated |
Warsaw, 30 December 1938 |
Member of the Regency Council 1917–1918 |
"Aleksander Kakowski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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August Hlond |
Myslowitz (now Mysłowice), 5 July 1881 |
20 June 1927 by Pope Pius XI |
Cardinal Priest of S. Maria della Pace |
Archbishop of Gniezno-Poznań until 1946, later Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw |
1939 – participated |
Warsaw, 22 October 1948 |
Beatification process started in 1992. |
"August Hlond". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Adam Stefan Sapieha |
Krasiczyn, 14 May 1867 |
18 February 1946 by Pope Pius XII |
Cardinal Priest of S. Maria Nuova |
Archbishop of Kraków |
None |
Kraków, 21 July 1951 |
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"Adam Stefan Sapieha". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Stefan Wyszyński |
Zuzela, 3 August 1901 |
12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII |
Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere |
Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw |
1958, 1963, Aug 1978, Oct 1978 – participated |
Warsaw, 28 May 1981 |
Impeded from attending the consistory, he received the red hat on 18 May 1957. Beatified in 2021. |
"Stefan Wyszyński". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Karol Wojtyła |
Wadowice, 18 May 1920 |
26 June 1967 by Pope Paul VI |
Cardinal Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio |
Archbishop of Kraków |
Aug 1978 – participated; Oct 1978 – participated, elected |
Rome, 2 April 2005 |
Elected pope on 16 October 1978, took the name John Paul II. Canonized in 2014. |
"Karol Wojtyła". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Bolesław Kominek |
Radlin, 23 December 1903 |
5 March 1973 by Pope Paul VI |
Cardinal Priest of S. Croce in via Flaminia |
Archbishop of Wrocław |
None |
Wrocław, 10 March 1974 |
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"Bolesław Kominek". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Bolesław Filipiak |
Ośniszczewko, 1 September 1901 |
24 May 1976 by Pope Pope Paul VI |
Cardinal Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana |
Titular Bishop of Plestia, Dean of the Roman Rota |
Aug 1978 – absent (poor health); Oct 1978 – absent (died on the first day) |
Poznań, 14 October 1978 |
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"Bolesław Filipiak". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Władysław Rubin |
Toki (now in Ukraine), 20 September 1917 |
30 June 1979 by Pope John Paul II |
Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata |
Titular Bishop of Serta, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches until 1985 |
None |
Rome, 28 November 1990 |
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"Władysław Rubin". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Franciszek Macharski |
Kraków, 20 May 1927 |
30 June 1979 by Pope John Paul II |
Cardinal Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina |
Archbishop of Kraków until 2005 |
2005 – participated; 2013 – no voting rights |
Kraków, 2 August 2016 |
Lost electoral rights in 2007 |
"Franciszek Macharski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Józef Glemp |
Inowrocław, 18 December 1929 |
2 February 1983 by Pope John Paul II |
Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere |
Archbishop of Gniezno until 1992, Archbishop of Warsaw until 2006 |
2005 – participated |
Warsaw, 23 January 2013 |
Lost electoral rights in 2009 |
"Józef Glemp". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Andrzej Maria Deskur |
Sancygniów, 29 February 1924 |
25 May 1985 by Pope John Paul II |
Cardinal Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio (title elevated to Cardinal Priest in 1996) |
Titular Archbishop of Thenae, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications until 1984 |
2005 – no voting rights |
Rome, 3 September 2011 |
Lost electoral rights in 2004 |
"Andrzej Maria Deskur". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Henryk Gulbinowicz |
Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania), 17 October 1923 |
25 May 1985 by Pope John Paul II |
Cardinal Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa |
Archbishop of Wrocław until 2004 |
2005, 2013 – no voting rights |
Wrocław, 16 November 2020 |
Lost electoral rights in 2003 |
"Henryk Gulbinowicz". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Kazimierz Świątek |
Valga, Estonia, 21 October 1914 |
26 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II |
Cardinal Priest of S. Gerardo Maiella |
Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus, until 2006 |
2005 – no voting rights |
Pinsk, Belarus, 21 July 2011 |
Never had electoral rights. First cardinal from Belarus. |
"Kazimierz Świątek". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Adam Kozłowiecki |
Huta Komorowska, 1 April 1911 |
21 February 1998 by Pope John Paul II |
Cardinal Priest of S. Andrea al Quirinale |
Titular Archbishop of Potentia in Piceno |
2005 – no voting rights |
Lusaka, Zambia, 28 September 2007 |
Never had electoral rights. First cardinal from Zambia. |
"Adam Kozłowiecki". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Marian Jaworski |
Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine), 21 August 1926 |
21 February 1998 in pectore by Pope John Paul II |
Cardinal Priest of S. Sisto |
Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine, until 2008 |
2005 – participated; 2013 – no voting rights |
Kraków, 5 September 2020 |
Elevated in pectore, announced on 21 February 2001. Lost electoral rights in 2006. |
"Marian Jaworski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Zenon Grocholewski |
Bródki, 11 October 1939 |
21 February 2001 by Pope John Paul II |
Cardinal Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere |
Titular Archbishop of Acropolis, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education until 2015 |
2005, 2013 – participated |
Rome, 17 July 2020 |
Lost electoral rights in 2019. |
"Zenon Grocholewski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Stanisław Nagy |
Berun (now Bieruń), 30 September 1921 |
21 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II |
Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria della Scala |
Titular Archbishop of Hólar |
2005, 2013 – no voting rights |
Kraków, 5 June 2013 |
Never had electoral rights. |
"Stanisław Nagy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Stanisław Dziwisz |
Raba Wyżna, 27 April 1939 |
24 March 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI |
Cardinal Priest of S. Maria del Popolo |
Archbishop of Kraków until 2016 |
2013 – participated |
Living |
Lost electoral rights in 2019 |
"Stanisław Dziwisz". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Ignacy Jeż |
Radomyśl Wielki, 31 July 1914 |
Elevation intended by Pope Benedict XVI to take place on 24 November 2007 |
(Died before consistory) |
Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg |
None |
Rome, 16 October 2007 |
The pope intended to elevate Jeż to cardinalate, but the bishop died one day before the consistory was announced. The pope later confirmed that Jeż should be counted as a cardinal. |
"Ignacy Jeż". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda KAI |
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Stanisław Ryłko |
Andrychów, 4 July 1945 |
24 November 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI |
Cardinal Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re |
Titular Archbishop of Novica, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity until 2016 |
2013 – participated |
Living |
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"Stanisław Ryłko". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Kazimierz Nycz |
Stara Wieś, 1 February 1950 |
20 November 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI |
Cardinal Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti |
Archbishop of Warsaw |
2013 – participated |
Living |
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"Kazimierz Nycz". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Konrad Krajewski |
Łódź, 25 November 1963 |
28 June 2018 by Pope Francis |
Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria Immacolata all'Esquilino |
Titular Bishop of Beneventum, Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities |
None |
Living |
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"Konrad Krajewski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Miranda |
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Grzegorz Ryś |
Kraków, 9 February 1964 |
30 September 2023 by Pope Francis |
Cardinal Priest of Ss. Cirillo e Metodio |
Archbishop of Łódź |
None |
Living |
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"Grzegorz Ryś". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. |
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