Kazimierz Papée

Dr. Kazimierz Papée (sometimes Anglicized Casimir, January 10, 1889 - January 19, 1979) was the ambassador from Poland to the Holy See from 1939 to 1958, during and after World War II. Due to the Nazi invasion of Poland months after Papée's appointment, Papée represented the Polish government-in-exile for the remainder of Pope Pius XII's papacy, before being dismissed by his successor, Pope John XXIII.

Kazimierz Papée was born January 10, 1889 in Lwow. His father Fryderyk was a renowned historian employed by the Ossolineum, his mother Wladyslawa, was daughter of poet Wladyslaw Anczyc. In 1905, the family moved to Krakow, where Fryderyk Papée got a job at the library of the Jagiellonian University. Kazimierz graduated from law department of the Jagiellonian University, later receiving his PhD. During World War I, he served in the Polish Legions (1915 - 1916), and after the war, when Poland regained independence, he became a diplomat, working in Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On April 1, 1920, Kazimierz Papée took a job in Polish legation in The Hague, two years later he was transferred to Berlin. In 1923, after returning to Poland, Papée became a deputy of Director of Political Department. On January 14, 1924, he took the post of chargé d'affaires in Polish legation in Copenhagen, where he remained until December 1, 1924. Next four years Papée spent in Poland, working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On January 1, 1928, he became director of consular office of Polish legation in Ankara. In the first half of 1929, he worked in Polish legation in Tallinn, and on July 16, 1929, he became general consul of Poland in Koenigsberg.

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