Antoni Baraniak

Antoni Baraniak (right)

Antoni Baraniak (1904–1977) was the Archbishop of Poznan from 1957 to 1977.

He was born January 1, 1904, in Sebastianowie, He was the chaplain and Secretary of Polish primate August Hlond (1933–1948) and Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski (1949–1951) before becoming Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno in the years 1951–1957. He was Archbishop of Poznań from 1957 to 1977. He died August 13, 1977, in Poznań.

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Preceded by Walenty Dymek	Archbishop of Poznan 1957–1977	Succeeded by Jerzy Stroba

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 102088811 LCCN: n2009076404 GND: 140604952 BNF: cb166412448 (data)

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