Janusz Edmund Zimniak
Janusz Edmund Zimniak (born September 6, 1933 in Tychy ) is a Polish Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop emeritus in Bielsko-Żywiec .
Life
The auxiliary bishop in Kielce , Franciszek Sonik , consecrated Zimniak on September 9, 1956 as a priest of the diocese of Katowice .
Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Polinianum and auxiliary bishop in Katowice on September 25, 1980 . The Bishop of Kattowitz, Herbert Bednorz , donated him episcopal ordination on November 4th of the same year ; Co-consecrators were the Katowice Auxiliary Bishops Józef Benedykt Kurpas and Czesław Domin .
With the establishment of the Bielsko-Żywiec diocese on March 25, 1992, he was appointed auxiliary bishop in Bielsko-Żywiec. On January 16, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related retirement.
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| SURNAME | Zimniak, Janusz Edmund |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zimniak, Janusz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop emeritus in Bielsko-Żywiec |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tychy |