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)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 101776326

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