Jan Styrna
Jan Styrna (25 January 1941 – 28 September 2022) was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate. Styrna was born in Poland and was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He served as titular bishop of ''Aquipendium'' and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów, Poland, from 1991 to 2001 and as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elblag, Poland, from 2003 until his resignation in 2013. References 1941 births 2022 deaths Polish Roman Catholic bishops 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Poland 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Poland Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II People from Elbląg {{RC-bishop-stub ...
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Bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is called episcopacy. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the ministerial priesthood, given responsibility b ...
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