Jan Bagiński (31 May 1932 – 19 May 2019) was a Polish
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
bishop.
Bagiński was born in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He served as
titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of ''
Tagarata'' and as
auxiliary bishop
An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions.
...
of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole
The Diocese of Opole ( is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Opole in the ecclesiastical province of Katowice in Poland.
History
* 1945: Established as Apostolic Administration of Opole
* 28 June 1972: Established as D ...
, Poland, from 1985 to 2009.
Jan Bagiński
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1932 births
2019 deaths
Polish Roman Catholic titular bishops
People from Volyn Oblast
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