Stanisław Szymecki is an Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 Prelate

Prelate

A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...

 of Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

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Stanisław Szymecki was born in Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

 and was ordained a priest on July 3, 1947. Szymecki was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Kielce on March 27, 1981 and ordained April 12, 1981. Szymecki was appointed to the Archdiocese of Białystok on May 15, 1993 and would retire from the diocese on November 16, 2000.

See also

• List of oldest Catholic bishops
• Archdiocese of Białystok
• Diocese of Kielce

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Kielce Diocese (Polish)
• Białystok Archdiocese (Polish)