Bishop Janusz Edmund Zimniak †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland

Titular Bishop of Polinianum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Sep 1933		Born
9 Sep 1956	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Katowice, Poland
25 Sep 1980	47.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
25 Sep 1980	47.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Polinianum
4 Nov 1980	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Polinianum
25 Mar 1992	58.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
16 Jan 2010	76.3	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
24 May 2024	90.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland

MicroData Summary for Janusz Edmund Zimniak
(VIAF: 3140150325575910090000; WikiData: Q530969)
Bishop Janusz Edmund Zimniak (born 6 Sep 1933, died 24 May 2024) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bielsko-Żywiec

Event Place
Birth Place Tychy
Ordained Bishop Katowice, Diocese of Katowice
Death Place Provincial, Hospital, Bielsko-Żywiec, Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec

a priest for 67.7 years
a bishop for 43.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Franciszek Sonik †
Titular Bishop of Margum
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Herbert Bednorz †
Bishop of Katowice
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Józef Benedykt Kurpas †
Titular Bishop of Orisa
Bishop Czeslaw Domin †
Titular Bishop of Dagnum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Herbert Bednorz † (1950)
Bishop of Katowice
Bishop Stanislaw Adamski † (1930)
Bishop of Katowice
August Józef Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. † (1926)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Tychy
Ordained Bishop	Katowice, Diocese of Katowice
Death Place	Provincial, Hospital, Bielsko-Żywiec, Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 16 Jan 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 77, Number 6,222
d: CB, 24 May 2024

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