# Walenty Dymek

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{{Short description|Polish archbishop}}{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Archbishop
| name = Walenty Dymek
| title = Archbishop of Poznań
| image = Walenty Dymek.png
| church = [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church)
| archdiocese = [Archdiocese of Poznań](/source/Archdiocese_of_Pozna%C5%84)
| term = 12 November 1948 – 22 October 1956
| predecessor = <i>Himself</i> <small>(as Archbishop of Gniezno and Poznań)</small>
| successor = [Antoni Baraniak](/source/Antoni_Baraniak)
| previous_post = [Archbishop of Gniezno and Poznań](/source/Archdiocese_of_Gniezno) <small>(1946-1948)</small><br />Titular Archbishop of [Nicopolis in Epiro](/source/Nicopolis) <small>(1945-1946)</small><br />Titular Bishop of [Madytus](/source/Madytus) <small>(1929-1945)</small><br />Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno and Poznań <small>(1929-1946)</small>
| ordination = 11 February 1912
| consecrated_by = [August Hlond](/source/August_Hlond)
| consecration = 26 May 1929
| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|12|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Güldenau](/source/Po%C5%82ajewo%2C_Greater_Poland_Voivodeship), [Province of Posen](/source/Province_of_Posen), [Kingdom of Prussia](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia), [German Empire](/source/German_Empire)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|10|22|1888|12|31|df=y}}
| death_place = [Poznań](/source/Pozna%C5%84), [Poznań Voivodeship](/source/Pozna%C5%84_Voivodeship), [Polish People's Republic](/source/Polish_People's_Republic)
}}
'''Walenty Dymek''' (1888–1956) was the Archbishop of [Poznań](/source/Pozna%C5%84) from 1946 to 1956.

He was born on 31 December 1888 in [Połajewo](/source/Po%C5%82ajewo%2C_Greater_Poland_Voivodeship), was Auxiliary [Bishop of Poznań](/source/Bishop_of_Pozna%C5%84) 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](/source/Pozna%C5%84).<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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Category:Bishops of Poznań
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland
Category:1888 births
Category:1956 deaths
Category:Member of the Tomasz Zan Society

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