Edmund Dalbor

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Cardinal-Priest
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Born
Edmund Dalbor

30 October 1869
Died13 February 1926(1926-02-13) (aged 56)
Poznań, Second Polish Republic
BuriedGniezno Cathedral
Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
SignatureEdmund Dalbor's signature
Coat of armsEdmund Dalbor's coat of arms
Styles of
Edmund Dalbor
His Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
Edmund Dalbor's coat-of-arms on his burial monument in Gniezno Cathedral
Cardinal Dalbor's burial monument in Gniezno Cathedral

Edmund Dalbor (30 October 1869 – 13 February 1926) was a Polish

cardinalate
in 1919.

Biography

Edmund Dalbor was born in

Confirmed on 7 November 1889, he was educated at the Men's Grammar School in Ostrow, the University of Münster, and the seminary of Gniezno and Poznań before traveling to Rome
in 1892 to further his studies.

Whilst in Rome, Dalbor was

canon theologian of the cathedral chapter of Poznań in 1901, also serving as confessor and chaplain of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth. He was raised to the rank of vicar general of Poznań in 1909 and Domestic Prelate of His Holiness
on 23 November 1914.

On 30 June 1915, Dalbor was appointed

.

Benedict XV created him

In 1926, Dalbor established the Polish Catholic Mission in Belgium.[5]

The Cardinal died in Poznań, at age 56. He is buried in the cathedral of Gniezno.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Primate of Poland

1915–1926
Succeeded by
Archbishop of Gniezno

1915–1926
Preceded by
Archbishop of Poznań

1915–1926
Succeeded by