Pope John Paul II Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Call to the episcopate === [[File:Krakow - 06.jpg|thumb|left|19 Kanonicza Street in [[Krak贸w]], Poland, where John Paul II lived as a priest and bishop (now an [[Archdiocesal Museum in Krak贸w|Archdiocese Museum]])]] On 4 July 1958,<ref name="Vatican2" /> while Wojty艂a was on a kayaking holiday in the lakes region of northern Poland, [[Pope Pius XII]] appointed him as an [[auxiliary bishop]] of Krak贸w. He was consequently summoned to Warsaw to meet the [[Primate (bishop)|Primate]] of Poland, Cardinal [[Stefan Wyszy艅ski]], who informed him of his appointment.<ref name="Rise" />{{sfn|Stourton|2006|p=103}} Wojty艂a accepted the appointment as auxiliary bishop to Krak贸w's [[Archbishop]] [[Eugeniusz Baziak]], and he received episcopal consecration (as titular bishop of [[Ombi]]) on 28 September 1958, with Baziak as the principal consecrator and as co-consecrators Bishop [[Boles艂aw Kominek]] (titular bishop of [[Sophene]]), auxiliary of the Catholic [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wroc艂aw|Archdiocese of Wroc艂aw]], and Franciszek Jop, [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandomierz|Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz]] (Titular Bishop of [[Daulia]]). Kominek was to become Cardinal [[Bishop of Wroc艂aw|Archbishop of Wroc艂aw]]) and Jop was later Auxiliary Bishop of Wroc艂aw and then Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole|Opole]]).<ref name="Vatican2" /> At the age of 38, Wojty艂a became the youngest bishop in Poland. In 1959, Wojty艂a began an annual tradition of saying a [[Midnight Mass]] on Christmas Day in an open field at [[Nowa Huta]], the so-called model workers' town outside Krak贸w that was without a church building.<ref>Weigel, George. Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II (p. 151). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.</ref> Baziak died in June 1962 and on 16 July, Wojty艂a was selected as ''Vicar Capitular'' ''(temporary administrator)'' of the Archdiocese until an [[archbishop]] could be appointed.<ref name="A&E" /><ref name="ShortBio" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page