{{Short description|Polish archbishop}}{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | name = Walenty Dymek | title = Archbishop of Poznań | image = Walenty Dymek.png | church = Catholic Church | archdiocese = Archdiocese of Poznań | term = 12 November 1948 – 22 October 1956 | predecessor = <i>Himself</i> <small>(as Archbishop of Gniezno and Poznań)</small> | successor = Antoni Baraniak | previous_post = Archbishop of Gniezno and Poznań <small>(1946-1948)</small><br />Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro <small>(1945-1946)</small><br />Titular Bishop of Madytus <small>(1929-1945)</small><br />Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno and Poznań <small>(1929-1946)</small> | ordination = 11 February 1912 | consecrated_by = August Hlond | consecration = 26 May 1929 | birth_date = {{birth date|1888|12|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Güldenau, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|1956|10|22|1888|12|31|df=y}} | death_place = Poznań, Poznań Voivodeship, Polish People's Republic }} '''Walenty Dymek''' (1888–1956) was the Archbishop of Poznań from 1946 to 1956.
He was born on 31 December 1888 in Połajewo, was Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań in the years 1929–1946, and was Archbishop of Poznań from 1946 to 1956.<ref>Gąsiorowski A., Topolski J., ''Wielkopolski Słownik Biograficzny'', (PWN, Warszawa, 1983).</ref><ref>Suwart A., Pod lupą bezpieki, (Przewodnik Katolicki", 43/2006).</ref>
He died 22 October 1956 in Poznań.<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdymek.html Bishop Dymek] at catholic-hierarchy.org.</ref>
He is survived by his descendant Grace Ryhlick, great-granddaughter of author Frank Riley.
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