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Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz

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Antoni Dydycz
OFMCap
Bishop of Drohiczyn
File:Bp Antoni Dydycz OFMCap.jpg
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Drohiczyn
In office 20 June 1994 – 29 March 2014
Predecessor Władysław Jędruszuk
Successor Tadeusz Pikus
Orders
Ordination 29 June 1963
by Czesław Falkowski
Consecration 10 July 1994
by Józef Kowalczyk
Personal details
Born 24 August 1938
Serpelice, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
Died 14 September 2025 (aged 87)
Drohiczyn, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
Motto Populus Tuus - hereditas Tua
(Your People - your inheritance)

Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, OFMCap (24 August 1938 – 14 September 2025) was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Drohiczyn from 1994 to 2014.

Biography

Born in Serpelice, Dydycz became a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1963.

On 20 June 1994, he was appointed bishop of Drohiczyn. Dydycz received his episcopal consecration on the following 10 July from Józef Kowalczyk, nuncio for Poland, with archbishop of Białystok, Stanislaw Szymecki, and archbishop emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Francesco Gioia, serving as co-consecrators.

On 29 March 2014, his resignation was accepted upon reaching the age of 75. Dydycz died on 14 September 2025, at the age of 87.[1]

References

  1. Back to citation "Komunikat o śmierci śp. bp. Antoniego Pacyfika Dydycza". drohiczynska.pl. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.