Kubina was born on 16 April 1880 in
Świętochłowice to Maciej and Joanna Kubina (). He completed primary education at Świętochłowice in 1892, later attending a gymnasium in Królewska Huta (now
Chorzów), from which he obtained his
matura on 8 March 1901. After this, he began studying philosophy and theology at the Faculty of Theology of the
University of Wrocław; he was sent to study at
Rome after a semester, obtaining a doctorate in philosophy from the
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas on 25 June 1904 and a doctorate in theology from the
Pontifical Gregorian University on 29 July 1907. He was ordained a priest on 27 October 1906 by
Georg von Kopp. In 1931, he was awarded a
honoris causa doctorate from
Jagiellonian University. He was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the
Order of Polonia Restituta in 1935 for his social work. Kubina died on 13 February 1951. ==References==