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Jan Styrna

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His Excellency

Jan Styrna
Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg
ArchdioceseWarmia
Appointed2 August 2003
Term ended10 May 2014
PredecessorAndrzej Józef Sliwinski
SuccessorJacek Jezierski
Previous post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów and Titular Bishop of Aquipendium (1991–2003)
Orders
Ordination27 June 1965
by Jerzy Karol Ablewicz
Consecration28 July 1991
by Józef Mirosław Życiński
Personal details
Born(1941-01-25)25 January 1941
Died28 September 2022(2022-09-28) (aged 81)
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]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Elbląg
2003–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Post created
Titular Bishop of Aquipendium
1991–2003
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów
1991–2003
Succeeded by