Jerzy Stroba Explained

Type:Bishop
Jerzy Stroba
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Ordination:19 December 1942
Ordained By:Adolf Bertram
Consecration:16 November 1958
Consecrated By:Antoni Baraniak
Birth Date:17 December 1919
Birth Place:Świętochłowice, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic
Death Place:Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Jerzy Stroba (17 December 1919 – 12 May 1999) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop.[1]

He was born on 17 December 1919 in Świętochłowice, Poland.[2] He became Auxiliary Bishop of Ggorzowski from 1958 to 1972, Bishop of Szczecin - Kamień in 1972–1978, Archbishop of Poznań from 1978 to 1999.[3]

He died on 12 May 1999 in Poznań.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.archpoznan.pl/content/view/731/107/ Stroba
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bstroba.html Stroba Biography
  3. Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158
  4. Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147