Józef Drzazga [SEP] position held
Józef Drzazga
Józef Drzazga (1914–1978) was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop of Warmia from 1972 to 1978. He was the first post-World War II bishop on that post. He has been a titular bishop of "Sinidado" in Warmia since 1958.
Holy See re-established a new Polish Diocese appointing Józef Drzazga, who was then a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Warsaw. Drzazga relocated the actual see to Olsztyn.
On 25 March 1992 Warmia was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese and given two new suffragans, the Diocese of Ełk and the Diocese of Elbląg. The Diocese of Ełk comprised territory taken from the dioceses of Warmia and Łomża. The Diocese of Elbląg comprised territory taken from Warmia and the former dioceses of Culm (now Diocese of Pelplin) and Gdańsk (now