Henryk Hoser

Henryk Franciszek Hoser (27 November 1942 – 13 August 2021)[1] was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop-bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga in Poland from 2008 to 2017.[2][3]

His Excellency

Henryk Hoser SAC
Archbishop-Bishop of Warszawa-Praga
Archbishop ad personam
Henryk Hoser in 2009.
ArchdioceseWarszawa-Praga
SeeWarszawa-Praga
Appointed24 May 2008
Installed28 June 2008
Term ended8 December 2017
PredecessorSławoj Leszek Głódź
SuccessorRomuald Kamiński
Other post(s)Apostolic Visitor to Medjugorje (2017-21)
Orders
Ordination16 June 1974
by Bishop Wladyslaw Miziolek
Consecration19 March 2005
by Crescenzio Sepe
Personal details
Born27 November 1942
Warsaw, General Government, Germany (now Poland)
Died13 August 2021(2021-08-13) (aged 78)
Centralnym Szpitalu Klinicznym MSWiA, Warsaw, Poland
NationalityPolish
Previous post(s)
MottoMaior est Deus
("God is greater")
Coat of armsHenryk Hoser SAC's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Henryk Hoser
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byBishop Wladyslaw Miziolek
Date16 June 1974
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorCrescenzio Sepe
Co-consecratorsStanisław Dziwisz,
Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa
Date19 March 2005
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Henryk Hoser as principal consecrator
Bishop Marek Solarczyk19 November 2011
George Antonysamy21 September 2005
[Michael August Blume]]30 September 2005
Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C.10 June 2017
Styles of
Henryk Hoser
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor

Biography

Hoser was trained as a physician before joining the Pallottines in 1969.

He was president of the Pontifical Mission Societies before he was elevated to the title of archbishop ad personam in 2005 by Pope John Paul II. On 24 May 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to head Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga. He was a member of the Presidium of the Polish Episcopal Conference and headed the Team of Experts on Bioethics. Bishop Hoser was a staunch opponent of in vitro fertilisation.[4]

Hoser was intensely criticised in 2013, when he refused to remove a priest from active duty who was convicted of molesting two altar boys.[5] On the other hand, Hoser removed a priest Wojciech Lemanski, who used his pulpit to criticize the church. Lemanski’s criticisms centered around anti-Semitic tendencies in Poland; the church’s lenient treatment of clerics accused of sexual abuse; the church’s opposition to artificial insemination and contraceptives.[6]

On 11 February 2017, Pope Francis named Bishop Hoser his special envoy to Medjugorje, tasked with assessing the pastoral needs of that place of pilgrimage.[7]

Hoser delivered Pope Francis his examination of the pastoral situation of Medjugorje in the summer of 2017. He was tasked by the pope with assessing the pastoral situation and not the doctrinal situation which was done by Cardinal Ruini. However he made it clear that he thought very highly of the Medjugorje phenomenon. After his resignation as archbishop of the diocese of Warszawa-Praga was accepted on 8 December 2017, he was made Apostolic Visitor for an undetermined time for Medjugorje by Pope Francis on 31 May 2018.[7]

Hoser died from COVID-19 on 13 August 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.[8]

Footnotes
  1. Biuro Prasowe Archidiecezji Krakowskiej. "Zmarł abp Henryk Hoser, arcybiskup senior diecezji warszawsko-praskiej". Archidiecezja Krakowska (in Polish). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. "VATICAN - Archbishop Henryk Hoser, Secretary Adjunct of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, appointed by the Pope to be Archbishop of Warsaw-Praga. Bishop Vacchelli will be new President of PMS - Agenzia Fides". www.fides.org. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. "Archbishop Henryk Hoser [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. Wiśniewska, Katarzyna (9 April 2013). "Diabeł in vitro. Episkopat oficjalnie: Zakazać sztucznego zapłodnienia. Jest jak produkcja ludzi". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. Cienski 2013.
  6. Puhl 2013.
  7. Pentin, Edward (11 February 2017). "Pope Francis Appoints Polish Archbishop to Be Special Envoy to Medjugorje". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  8. "Polish Archbishop Hoser, doctor, archbishop and envoy, dies of COVID-19".

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