Henryk Hoser

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His Excellency

Henryk Hoser SAC
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
Your Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor

Henryk Franciszek Hoser (27 November 1942 – 13 August 2021)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga in Poland from 2008 to 2017.[2][3]

Biography

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

He was president of the

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. ^ a b 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". 17 August 2021.

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