Zygmunt Zimowski
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His Excellency Zygmunt Zimowski |
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| President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers | |
Archbishop Zimowski in 2010
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| Appointed | 18 April 2009 |
| Term ended | 12 July 2016 |
| Predecessor | Javier Lozano Barragán |
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| Ordination | 27 May 1973 by Jerzy Karol Ablewicz |
| Consecration | 25 May 2002 by Joseph Ratzinger |
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April 7, 1949 Kupienin, Poland |
| Died | 13 July 2016 (aged 67) Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Poland |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous post | Bishop of Radom (2002-2009) |
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Styles of Zygmunt Zimowski |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
Zygmunt Zimowski (7 April 1949 – 13 July 2016) was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop Zimowski had served until his death in July 2016 as President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers, having been head of that office since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 April 2009. He previously served as bishop of Radom from 2002 until 2009.
Zimowski was born in Kupienin, Poland, located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów. He was ordained a priest on 27 May 1973, and incardinated in Tarnów. He received a Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology from the Catholic University of Lublin. He continued his studies and subsequently received his Doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the Faculty of Theology at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck. On 1 February 1983 he entered the service of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, where he remained until elevated to the episcopate. He was appointed Chaplain of His Holiness on 14 April 1988 and Prelate of Honour on 10 July 1999.
He was Postulator of some processes of beatification and canonization. He taught ecclesiology at the Catholic University of Lublin and at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw and is the author of 120 publications, 40 pastoral letters and some books and several articles.
He participated in the preparation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and worked with the Polish section of Radio Vatican.
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