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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