Jan Styrna Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Jan Styrna
Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg
Archdiocese:Warmia
Appointed:2 August 2003
Term End:10 May 2014
Predecessor:Andrzej Józef Sliwinski
Successor:Jacek Jezierski
Previous Post:Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów and Titular Bishop of Aquipendium (1991–2003)
Ordination:27 June 1965
Ordained By:Jerzy Karol Ablewicz
Consecration:28 July 1991
Consecrated By:Józef Mirosław Życiński
Birth Date:1941 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Przyborów, General Government
Death Place:Elbląg, Poland

Jan Styrna (25 January 1941  - 28 September 2022) was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate.

Styrna was born in Poland and was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He served as titular bishop of Aquipendium and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów, Poland, from 1991 to 2001 and as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elblag, Poland, from 2003 until his resignation in 2013.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bstyrna.html Catholic-Hierarchy.org.-Jan Styrna