Adam Odzimek (7 October 1944 – 13 March 2022) was a Polish

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prelate. Odzimek was born in

Radom Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of a separate Radom Voivodeship (1975–1 ...

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, on 7 October 1944. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1969. He served as

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of '

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' and was auxiliary bishop of the

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, Poland, from 1985 to 1992 and as auxiliary bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Radom The Roman Catholic Diocese of Radom ( la, Radomen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Radom in the Ecclesiastical province of Częstochowa in Poland. History * March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Radom from the Diocese of Sandomierz ...

, Poland from 1992 until his retirement in 2019. Odzimek died in Radom on 13 March 2022, at the age of 77.

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