His Eminence Marian Cardinal Jaworski (born 21 August 1926) is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in the Roman Catholic Church.

Born as son of Wincenty and Stanisława Łastowiecka in Lwów, Poland (now Ukraine), Jaworski studied at the Lwów Major Seminary and was ordained in Kraków on 25 June 1950. He served as a priest for two years (1950-1952) before returing to school, obtaining three doctorates by 1965-- one in theology from the Jagiellonian University, and Ph.D.s from the Lublin Catholic University and Warsaw Theological Academy .

In 1970, he was made secretary of the Polish Bishops' Scientific Council from 1970 to 1984. He was Dean of the Pontifical Theological Department in Kraków from 1976 to 1981, and its Rector from 1981-1987.

Appointed apostolic administrator of Lviv for territories within Poland in May 1984, he was consecreated bishop on 23 June. He was made archbishop on 16 January 1991.

With the consistory of 21 February 1998, Jaworski was created Cardinal by John Paul II in pectore, one of four such secret cardinal appointments made by the pontiff during his tenure; Jaworski's cardinalate was publicly proclaimed at the consistory of 21 February 2001.

External links

• Biography at catholic-pages.com