August Hlond | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw Primate of Poland | |
 Hlond c. 1938. | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Gniezno & Warsaw |
| See | Gniezno & Warsaw |
| Appointed | 4 March 1926 |
| Term ended | 22 October 1948 |
| Predecessor | Edmund Dalbor |
| Successor | Stefan Wyszyński |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (1927-1948) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 23 September 1905 by Anatol Wincenty Novak |
| Consecration | 3 January 1926 by Aleksander Kakowski |
| Created cardinal | 20 January 1927 by Pope Pius XI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August Hlond 5 July 1881 |
| Died | 22 October 1948 (aged 67) Warsaw, Poland |
| Buried | St. John's Cathedral, Warsaw |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Residence | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warsaw |
| Parents | Jan Hlond & Maria Hlond |
| Motto | Da mihi animas, caetera tolle |
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| Styles of August Hlond | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Poznań, Gniezno and Warsaw |
August Hlond, SDB (5 July 1881 – 22 October 1948) was a Polish Salesian prelate who served as Archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno and as Primate of Poland. He was later appointed Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw and was made a cardinal of the Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI in 1927.
He was the only member of the College of Cardinals to be arrested and taken into custody by the Gestapo during World War II, and for the final years of his life was a critic of the Soviet-backed communist regime in Poland.
His cause of beatification commenced in 1992 and he was granted the title Servant of God. On 19 May 2018, he was named venerable after Pope Francis confirmed his heroic virtue.