Damian Zimoń
Damian Zimoń | |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Katowice | |
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| Appointed | 3 June 1985 |
| Term ended | 29 October 2011 |
| Other post | Bishop of Katowice (1985-2011) |
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| Ordination | 21 December 1957 by Juliusz Bieniek |
| Consecration | 29 June 1985 by Józef Glemp |
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| Born | 25 October 1934 |
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Damian Zimoń (born 25 October 1934) is metropolitan archbishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice.
He was born in Niedobczyce, now a district of Rybnik. In 1992 the rank of bishop of Katowice was upgraded to that of an archbishop, as the diocese became an archdiocese, and Zimoń became the first Archbishop of Katowice.
References
- Archbishop Damian Zimoń on catholic-hierarchy.org
Categories:
- 1934 births
- Living people
- Pontifical University of John Paul II alumni
- 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland
- 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland
- People from Rybnik
- Roman Catholic archbishops of Katowice
- Roman Catholic bishops of Katowice
- Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II
- Polish Roman Catholic bishop stubs