Albin Małysiak C.M. (12 June 1917 – 16 July 2011) was a Polish

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of the

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. At the time of his death, he was one of the oldest Catholic bishops and the oldest Polish bishop. Catholic Hierarchy.
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Biography

Małysiak was born in

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, now Poland, in 1917, and was ordained a priest on 1 May 1941 in the

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, the

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. He was appointed titular bishop of Beatia and auxiliary bishop of the

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on 14 January 1970 and ordained on 5 April 1970. Małysiak remained auxiliary bishop of the diocese until his retirement on 27 February 1993.

References

External links

Diocese Site

at

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