Damian Zimoń Explained

Type:Archbishop Emeritus
Damian Zimoń
Archbishop Emeritus of Katowice
Appointed:3 June 1985
Term End:29 October 2011
Other Post:Bishop of Katowice (1985-2011)
Ordination:21 December 1957
Ordained By:Juliusz Bieniek
Consecration:29 June 1985
Consecrated By:Józef Glemp
Birth Date:1934 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Niedobczyce, Second Polish Republic
Nationality:Polish
Coat Of Arms:Herb Zimonia.svg

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.

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