Henryk Hoser
{{Short description|Polish prelate of the Catholic Church (1942–2021)}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = archbishop
| name = Henryk Hoser SAC
| title = Archbishop-Bishop of Warszawa-Praga
Archbishop ad personam
| image = Henryk Hoser 2009.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Henryk Hoser in 2009.
| archdiocese = Warszawa-Praga
| see = Warszawa-Praga
| appointed = 24 May 2008
| term_start = 28 June 2008
| term_end = 8 December 2017
| predecessor = Sławoj Leszek Głódź
| successor = Romuald Kamiński
| other_post = Apostolic Visitor to Medjugorje (2017-21)
| ordination = 16 June 1974
| ordained_by = Bishop Wladyslaw Miziolek
| consecration = 19 March 2005
| consecrated_by = Crescenzio Sepe
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| birth_date = 27 November 1942
| birth_place = Warsaw, General Government, Germany{{cn|date=August 2021}} (now Poland)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|08|13|1942|11|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Centralny Szpital Kliniczny MSWiA, Warsaw, Poland
| nationality = Polish
| residence =
| previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Titular Archbishop of Tepelta (2005-08)|President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (2005-08)|Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2005-08)}}
| coat_of_arms = File:Coat of arms of Henryk Hoser.svg
| motto = {{lang|la|Maior est Deus}}
("God is greater")
| honorific-prefix = His Excellency
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| ordained priest by = Bishop Wladyslaw Miziolek
| date of priestly ordination = 16 June 1974
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| consecrated by = Crescenzio Sepe
| co-consecrators = Stanisław Dziwisz,
Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa
| date of consecration = 19 March 2005
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| bishop 1 = Bishop Marek Solarczyk
| consecration date 1 = 19 November 2011
| bishop 2 = George Antonysamy
| consecration date 2 = 21 September 2005
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| consecration date 3 = 30 September 2005
| bishop 4 = Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C.
| consecration date 4 = 10 June 2017
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{{Infobox bishopstyles
| name = Henryk Hoser
| dipstyle=The Most Reverend
| offstyle=Your Excellency
| relstyle=Monsignor
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Henryk Franciszek Hoser (27 November 1942 – 13 August 2021){{Cite web|last=Biuro Prasowe Archidiecezji Krakowskiej|title=Zmarł abp Henryk Hoser, arcybiskup senior diecezji warszawsko-praskiej|url=https://diecezja.pl/aktualnosci/zmarl-abp-henryk-hoser-arcybiskup-senior-diecezji-warszawsko-praskiej/|access-date=13 August 2021|website=Archidiecezja Krakowska|language=pl-PL}} 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.{{Cite web|title=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|url=http://www.fides.org/en/news/14573?idnews=14573&lan=eng|access-date=13 August 2021|website=www.fides.org}}{{Cite web|title=Archbishop Henryk Hoser [Catholic-Hierarchy]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhoser.html|access-date=13 August 2021|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}
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.{{Cite web|last=Wiśniewska|first=Katarzyna|date=9 April 2013|title=Diabeł in vitro. Episkopat oficjalnie: Zakazać sztucznego zapłodnienia. Jest jak produkcja ludzi|url=https://wyborcza.pl/1,76842,13706360,Diabel_in_vitro__Episkopat_oficjalnie__Zakazac_sztucznego.html?disableRedirects=true|access-date=13 August 2021|website=wyborcza.pl|language=pl}}
Hoser was intensely criticised in 2013, when he refused to remove a priest from active duty who was convicted of molesting two altar boys.{{sfn|Cienski|2013}} 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.{{sfn|Puhl|2013}}
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.{{cite news | url= http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/pope-francis-appoints-polish-archbishop-to-be-special-envoy-to-medjugorje | title= Pope Francis Appoints Polish Archbishop to Be Special Envoy to Medjugorje | accessdate = 11 February 2017 | date =11 February 2017 |first = Edward | last = Pentin| work = National Catholic Register}}
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.
Hoser died from COVID-19 on 13 August 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.{{Cite web|url=https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2021/08/polish-archbishop-hoser-doctor-archbishop-and-envoy-dies-of-covid-19/|title = Polish Archbishop Hoser, doctor, archbishop and envoy, dies of COVID-19| date=17 August 2021 }}
Footnotes
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References
= News articles =
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- {{cite news |last=Cienski |first=Jan |date=2013 |title=Polish Catholic Church rocked by sex abuse scandal |url=https://www.ft.com/content/571c9b72-31a4-11e3-817c-00144feab7de |work=The Financial Times |location=London |access-date=23 August 2021}}
- {{cite news |last=Puhl |first=Jan |date=2013 |title=Rebel Priest: Church's 'No. 1 Enemy' A Symbol of Polish Change |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/rebel-priest-churchs-enemy-symbol-polish-change/story?id=19694522 |work=ABC News |location=New York City |access-date=23 August 2021}}
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