Edward Henryk Materski (6 January 1923 – 24 March 2012) was a Polish
prelate
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of the
Catholic Church
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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
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History
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as well as titular bishop of
Aquae Sirenses
Aquae Sirenses (Acque Sirensi), also known as Aquaesirensis, is an ancient Roman colonia and a modern titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in Algeria.J. Mesnage ''L'Afrique chrétienne'', Paris 1912, p. 479.
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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
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Diocese of Radom
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Diocese of Kielce
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
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Diocese of Sandomierz
References
External links
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
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