Agostinho Januszewicz Explained

Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz O.F.M. Conv. (29 November 1930 – 20 March 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Luziânia, Brazil.

Born in Podwojponie, a village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland, just on the Polish-Lithuanian border. Januszewicz was ordained a Franciscan priest in 1958. In 1989, he was named Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Luziânia, but resigned in 2004.[1] He died of cancer on 20 March 2011 in Juruá, Amazonas, where he was buried.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. 2024-05-16 . www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. Web site: https://noticias.cancaonova.com/brasil/morre-bispo-emerito-de-luziania-dom-frei-agostinho-stefan/. Morre bispo emérito de Luziânia, Dom Frei Agostinho Stefan. Dom Frei Agostinho Stefan, bishop emeritus of Luziânia, dies. 21 March 2011. cancaonova.com. 8 June 2020. pt.