Stanisław Stefanek (7 May 1936 – 17 January 2020) was a Polish prelate of the

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. Born in the village of Majdan Sobieszczański, Stefanek was ordained to the priesthood on 28 June 1959. He became vicar general of the Society of Christ. He was named an auxiliary bishop of Szczecin-Kamień and titular bishop of Forum Popilii in 1980.

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appointed him Bishop of

Łomża Łomża (), in English known as Lomza, is a city in north-eastern Poland, approximately 150 kilometers (90 miles) to the north-east of Warsaw and west of Białystok. It is situated alongside the Narew river as part of the Podlaskie Voivodeship ...

on 26 October 1996.

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accepted his resignation and named Janusz Stepnowski to succeed him on 11 November 2011. Stefanek died on 17 January 2020 in Lublin at the age of 83, and he was buried in the Łomża cathedral on 23 January.
Uroczystości pogrzebowe śp. bp. Stanisława Stefanka. Zostanie pochowany w katedrze, Gazeta Współczesna

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