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Edward Henryk Materski (6 January 1923 – 24 March 2012) was a Polish
prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Minister (Christianity), Christian clergy who is an Ordinary (church officer), ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which me ...
of the
Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
who served from 1992 to 1999.


Biography

Edward Henryk Materski was born in Vilnius and ordained a priest on 20 May 1947. Materski was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Kielce as well as titular bishop of Aquae Sirenses on 29 October 1968, and ordained bishop on 22 December 1968. Materski was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Sandomierz on 6 March 1991, and would be appointed to the Diocese of Radom on 25 March 1992. Materski retired from the diocese of Radom on 28 June 1999, and died in Radom aged 89.


See also

* Diocese of Radom * Diocese of Kielce * Diocese of Sandomierz


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Kielce Diocese Sandomierz DioceseRadom Diocese
1923 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Poland 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Poland Clergy from Vilnius Recipients of the Pro Memoria Medal {{poland-RC-bishop-stub