Andrzej Józef Sliwinski (January 6, 1939 - September 9, 2009) was the first bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 of the Polish Roman Catholic Diocese of Elbląg. The diocese was established on March 25, 1992.

Śliwiński was born in Werblinia

Werblinia

Werblinia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puck, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Puck and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Poland, in 1939. He was ordained a Catholic priest on December 17, 1961.

Andrzej Śliwiński became the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elbląg upon its creation on March 25, 1992. He remained the head of the diocese until August 2, 2003, and was succeeded by Elbląg's second bishop, Jan Styrna.

Bishop Andrzej Śliwiński died on September 8, 2009, in Elbląg

Elblag

Elbląg is a city in northern Poland with 127,892 inhabitants . It is the capital of Elbląg County and has been assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. Before then it was the capital of Elbląg Voivodeship and a county seat in Gdańsk Voivodeship...

, Poland

Poland

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, at the age of 70.