Stanisław Szymecki (born 26 January 1924) is a Polish
prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. At age , he is the oldest living bishop from Poland.
Biography
Szymecki was born in
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popu ...
and was ordained a priest on 3 July 1947. Szymecki was appointed bishop of the
Diocese of Kielce on 27 March 1981 and consecrated on 12 April 1981. Szymecki was appointed to the
Archdiocese of Białystok on 15 May 1993 and retired from the diocese on 16 November 2000.
See also
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Archdiocese of Białystok
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Diocese of Kielce
References
External links
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Catholic-Hierarchy Kielce Diocese(Polish)
Białystok Archdiocese(Polish)
1924 births
Living people
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland
Bishops of Białystok
People from Katowice
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