Bishop
Bishop Cyryl Klimowicz the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk.
Born in Kazakhstan to Belarusian parents. From 1956 to 1965 Cyryl Klimowicz lived in the Bielorrussian Soviet Socialist Republic, and later he moved with his family to Poland. After graduating from high school in 1974 he entered the Major Seminary «Hosianum» in the city of Olsztyn (Poland), from which he graduated in 1980. He was ordained as priest on June 8, 1980 by the Primate of Poland Cardinal Józef Glemp.
Date | Event | Title |
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5.11. 1952 | Born | |
8.06.1980 | Ordained | Priest of Warmia (Ermland), Poland |
13.10.1999 | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus |
13.10.1999 | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Arba |
4.12.1999 | Ordained | Titular Bishop of Arba |
17.04.2003 | Appointed | Bishop of of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk, Russian Federation |
2004² | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation |