Damian Zimoń
Damian Zimoń
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
| Preceded by Herbert Bednorz |
Bishop of Katowice 1985–2011 |
Succeeded by Wiktor Skworc (as Archbishop of Katowice) |
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