Stanislaus Hosius

His Eminence Stanislaus Hosius Servant of God
Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Warmia
Portrait of Cardinal Hosius by Marcello Bacciarelli
Archdiocese	Bishopric of Warmia
Metropolis	Warmia
Diocese	Warmia
See	Warmia
Appointed	2 March 1551
Installed	11 May 1551
Term ended	5 August 1579
Predecessor	Tiedemann Giese
Successor	Marcin Kromer
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Trastevere (1578–1579) Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary (1574–1579)
Orders
Ordination	1543
Consecration	23 March 1550
Created Cardinal	26 February 1561 by Pope Pius IV
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Stanisław Hozjusz
Born	(1504-05-05)5 May 1504 Kraków, Kingdom of Poland
Died	5 August 1579(1579-08-05) (aged 75) Capranica Prenestina, Italy
Nationality	Polish
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Ulrich Hosse of Pforzheim
Previous post	Bishop of Chełmno (1549–1551) Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1560–1561) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1561–1562) Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio (1562–1565) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina (1565) Cardinal-Priest of San Teodoro (1565–1570) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca (1570) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Anastasia (1570) Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente (1570–1578) Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (1578)
Education	University of Padua University of Bologna
Sainthood
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Title as Saint	Servant of God

Stanislaus Hosius (Polish: Stanisław Hozjusz; 5 May 1504 – 5 August 1579) was a Polish Roman Catholic cardinal. From 1551 he was the Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Warmia in Poland and from 1558 he served as the papal legate to the Holy Roman Emperor's Imperial Court in Vienna, Austria. From 1566 he was also the papal legate to Poland.

His cause of canonization has commenced and after it halted, it resumed on 5 August 2006. He is now a Servant of God.

Hosius was born in Kraków, son of Ulrich Hosse of Pforzheim, and studied law at the University of Padua and the University of Bologna, Italy. He became Bishop of Chełmno in 1549 and Prince-Bishop of Warmia in 1551. Hosius had Jesuit sympathies and actively opposed the Protestant Reformation.

Hosius was not distinguished as a theologian, though he drew up the Confessio fidei christiana catholica, adopted by the Synod of Piotrków in 1557. He was, however, supreme as a diplomat and administrator. The Pope consecrated Hosius to fight the ongoing conversions to Protestantism. Hosius and Marcin Kromer were the two bishops most instrumental in keeping the Warmia region Catholic, while neighboring Ducal Prussia became Protestant in 1525.