Władysław Rubin (20 September 1917 – 28 November 1990) was a

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cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as

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of the

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from 1980 to 1985, and was elevated to the

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in 1979.

Biography

Władysław Rubin was born in Toky,

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, to Ignacy Rubin and his wife Tekla Saluk. He studied at Jan Kazimiers University in Lviv and the

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. During

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, Rubin was arrested and interned in a

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, joining the

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after his release.

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to the priesthood by Archbishop Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, OFM, on 30 June 1946, he then did

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work with Polish refugees in Lebanon until 1949. Rubin furthered his studies at the

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in Rome from 1949 to 1953, when he resumed his pastoral ministry among Polish

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s, this time in

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. From 1959 to 1964, he was

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of the Pontifical Polish College in

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. On 17 November 1964,

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appointed Rubin Auxiliary Bishop of

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and

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of ''Serta'', as well as delegate of Cardinal

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for the spiritual care of Polish

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s. He received his

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on the following 29 November from Cardinal Wyszyński, with

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and

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Stefan Bareła serving as

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, in the

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. From 1964 to 1967, Rubin served as rector of the church and residence of St. Stanisław in Rome. On 27 February 1967, he was named

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of the World Synod of Bishops.

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created him

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of ''

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'' in the

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of 30 June 1979, and appointed him

of the

on 27 June 1980. From 1980 to 1983, Cardinal Rubin was a member of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. He later stepped down as Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on 30 October 1985, after five years of service. Rubin was elevated to a

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, with the same

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, on 26 November 1990, but died two days later in

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, at age 73. He is buried in the Cathedral of St. Stanislaus in

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