Damian Zimoń (born 25 October 1934) is metropolitan

archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice. He was born in

Niedobczyce Niedobczyce () is a district of Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. Between 1955 and 1975 it was an independent town On December 31, 2013 it had about 12,300 inhabitants. History The village was first mentioned in 1228 as ''Nedobcici' ...

, now a district of

Rybnik Rybnik (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, around 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Katowice, the region's capital, and around 19 km (11 mi) from the Czech Republic, Czech border. It i ...

. In 1992 the rank of bishop of Katowice was upgraded to that of an archbishop, as the diocese became an archdiocese, and Zimoń became the first Archbishop of Katowice.

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Archbishop Damian Zimoń
on catholic-hierarchy.org 1934 births Living people Pontifical University of John Paul II alumni 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland People from Rybnik Roman Catholic archbishops of Katowice Roman Catholic bishops of Katowice {{Poland-RC-bishop-stub