Archbishop Damian Zimoń

Archbishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1934		Born
21 Dec 1957	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Katowice, Poland
3 Jun 1985	50.6	Appointed	Bishop of Katowice, Poland
29 Jun 1985	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Katowice, Poland
25 Mar 1992	57.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Katowice, Poland
29 Oct 2011	77.0	Retired	Archbishop of Katowice, Poland

MicroData Summary
Damian Zimoń
Archbishop Damian Zimoń
(born 25 Oct 1934)
Archbishop Emeritus of Katowice

Ad Limina - December 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Niedobczyce
Ordained Bishop Chrystusa Króla, Cathedral, Katowice, Diocese of Katowice

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Katowice.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Juliusz Bieniek †
Titular Bishop of Dascylium
Principal Consecrator:
Józef Cardinal Glemp †
Archbishop of Gniezno
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Franciszek Antoni Cardinal Macharski †
Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}
Bishop Józef Benedykt Kurpas †
Titular Bishop of Orisa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Józef Cardinal Glemp † (1979)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bl. Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński † (1946)
Archbishop of Gniezno
August Józef Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. † (1926)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Piotr Greger (1988)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Andrzej Iwanecki (1986)
Bishop Józef Roszyński, S.V.D. (1989)
Bishop Piotr Greger (1989)
Bishop Adam Wodarczyk (1994)
Bishop Grzegorz Olszowski (1995)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerard Bernacki † (1988)
Bishop Stefan Cichy (1998)
Archbishop Józef Piotr Kupny (2006)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Józef Zawitkowski † (1990)
Bishop Andrzej Konrad Czaja (2009)
Bishop Marek Szkudło (2015)
Bishop Adam Wodarczyk (2015)
Bishop Grzegorz Olszowski (2018)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 101776326
WikiData: Q730826

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1989, Page 304
r: Bollettino, 29 Oct 2011
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 213, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 100, Number 8,651
ob.loc: CB, 13 Mar 2022

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