His Excellency

Eugeniusz Baziak
Archbishop of Lviv
Apostolic Administrator of Kraków
Appointed22 November 1945
Installed22 November 1945
Term ended15 June 1962
PredecessorBoleslaw Twardowski
SuccessorMarian Jaworski
Orders
Ordination14 July 1912
by Wladyslaw Bandurski
Consecration5 November 1933
by Boleslaw Twardowski
Personal details
Born
Eugeniusz Baziak

(1890-03-08)8 March 1890
Died15 June 1962(1962-06-15) (aged 72)
Warsaw, Poland (then People's Republic of Poland)
DenominationRoman Catholic
Previous post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (1933 - 1944)
Titular Bishop of Phocaea (1933 - 1944)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (1944 - 1945)
Titular Archbishop of Parium (1944 - 1945)
Apostolic Administrator of Kraków (1951 - 1962)
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byWładysław Bandurski
Date14 July 1912
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorBolesław Twardowski
Co-consecratorsFranciszek Lisowski, and Edward Komar
Date5 November 1933
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Eugeniusz Baziak as principal consecrator
Karol Józef Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II)28 September 1958
Michał Blecharczyk 5 October 1958
Julian Jan Groblicki18 September 1960
Jerzy Karol Ablewicz20 May 1962

Eugeniusz Baziak (Polish pronunciation: [ɛwˈɡɛɲuʐ ˈbaʑak]; 8 March 1890 in Tarnopol – 15 June 1962 in Warsaw, Poland) was Archbishop of Lviv and apostolic administrator of Kraków.[1] Baziak was rector of the Clerical Seminarium in Lviv. Since 1933 he was an auxiliary bishop and, since 1944, Archbishop of Lviv. In 1951, after the death of Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha, he became the apostolic administrator of the archdiocese in Kraków.

In his capacity as apostolic administrator of Kraków, he recommended to Pope Pius XII the promotion of Karol Wojtyła (the future Pope John Paul II), who was then a priest in the Archdiocese of Kraków, to the office of auxiliary bishop of that archdiocese. It is said that this recommendation was made in so strong terms that the Holy See made the appointment without even consulting with the Primate of Poland, Stefan Wyszyński, as was usual. Instead, Wyszyński received notice from the Vatican that he was simply to inform Wojtyła of the appointment, and ask him for his acceptance.

After Wojtyła accepted and the appointment was formalized by the Pope, it fell to Baziak to be the principal consecrator, Bishops Kominek and Jop being co-consecrators, of Wojtyła as a bishop, the episcopal consecration occurring in September 1958. Wojtyła would eventually succeed Baziak at Kraków after Baziak's death.

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