(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has written to the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers after the death of the council’s president, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski.
The Archbishop died in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Pope Francis wrote Archbishop Zimowski “lived with a spirit of faith and Christian witness.”
“I wish to express my spiritual participation in the mourning taking place within the Dicastery, and while keeping in mind his generous ministry first as the shepherd of the Diocese of Radom [in Poland], and then in the service of the Holy See, I have raised fervent prayers in suffrage to the Lord for his soul, entrusting him to the maternal intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland,” Pope Francis said.
The Pope said he asked the Lord for the “eternal reward promised to the faithful servants of the Gospel,” and granted upon the officials and employees of the Pontifical Council his Apostolic Blessing.
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FOTO FIAMC MONS: ZIMOWSKI
Dear Msgr Mupendawatu,
It is with great sadness that I learnt of the passing of Msgr Zimowski. His passing is a great loss to the Church and to Catholic Healthcare workers in particular. We will remember his support and guidance to FIAMC. Personally I will remember with fondness his graciousness in celebrating a mass for FIAMC EXCO members when we met in Rome last year and his meeting with a few of us to discuss plans for FIAMC despite his obvious physical suffering and weakness. I am sure that he has gone to his eternal reward. We will encourage all our national associations to offer up mass for the good servant of God. Please convey our condolences to his family and friends. Please let us know what are the arrangements for his funeral so that we can send a representative if possible.
Eternal rest grant unto Msgr Zigmunt O Lord and may perpetual light shine upon him. Amen.
God bless,
John
President
FIAMC
In the name of HE Msg Ioan Robu Archbishop of Bucharest, the Romanian Association of Catholic Doctors (AMCR), I would like to exprime to the Holly Father, to the Pontificio Consiglio per gli Operatori sanitari and to all our friends doctors in the whole world, our deep regret for this very sad evenet,
I, myself, liked very much Msg Zimowski !
I hope also that He will rest in a Green Place, without any troubles…
Sincerely yours,
Dr Bogdan Streza from Romania
ous prions pour le repos de son âme.
Vincent & Ine
Dear Msgr Mupendawatu;
It is with deep sadness that we have learned of the passing of H.E. Zigmunt Zimowski. The staff, Council and Board of administration of MaterCare International send you and all the staff at the Pontifical Council. our prayerful condolences. We are sure that HJIs Excellency has seen his God as He really is and has been received with a smile and a warm embrace as a good and faithful servant.
Soon after the announcement of HIs Excellencies appointment to the Council, Dr Chazan and I ( I happened to be in Warsaw at the time), went to greet and congratulate him at his office in Radom where we spent a pleasant afternoon. As obstetricians, we have been most grateful for his support and encouragement, most recently at the time of our 2015 Rome Conference. A special mass in celebration for His Excellencies life and work will be offered at our Parish of St Pius X. in St John’s Newfoundland.
Yours sincerely
Dr R. L. Walley
We will pray for him!
Lo encomendamos a Dios por medio de su tan querido San Juan Pablo II !
Familia Simón
W dniu 12 lipca bieżącego roku kilka minut przed północą przeszedł do wieczności Ksiądz Arcybiskup Zygmunt Zimowski Przewodniczący Papieskiej Rady ds. Chorych i Duszpasterstwa Służby Zdrowia. Wszyscy włączmy się w modlitwę za Niego.
Wieczny odpoczynek racz Mu dać Panie, a światłość wiekuista niechaj Mu świeci. Niech odpoczywa w spokoju. Amen.
Dear Catholic medical fellows all over the world,
a short message:
Yesterday evening has died in Warshaw, Poland,
Archbishop Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski, President of the Papal Council for Healtworkers (‘Ministro sanità’)
He died at the age of 67 years in a Warshaw hospital.
Munich and German Catholic doctors knew him personally from common meetings:
– 2010 in LOURDES during the international FIAMC-Congress,
– 2013 in GERMANY durign the opening ceremonies of the international Day of the Sick (University of Eichstätt, Altötting)
Msgr. Zimowski spoke also German and was a gentle, sympatic priest and since 2009 a convinced president of the Papal Dicastery for Healthworkers.
R.I.P.
With kind regards – from Munich, the City of St. Cosmas & Damian
Dr. (I) Gero Winkelmann
We are saddened by the death of Msgr Zimowski.
Dr Murrell
Dear friends,
Medical doctors of the Croatian Catholic Medical Society with deep grief received the notice about passing away of the friend of the our Society Archbishop Zigmunt Zimowski. During his last stay in Zagreb five years ago on occasion of 20th Anniversary of the Society his kindness and humanity conquered our hearts. His kindness and dedication is irreplacable. His legacy will be permanently in our minds and hearts. On behalf of the our Society, please, receive our deep condolences.
God rest his soul!
Msgn Valentin Pozaic, CCMA, FEAMC
Pr Ana Peraica, President, CCMA
Pr Jasenka Markeljevic, FIAMC, ExCo
Una grandissima perdita per la Chiesa e per tutti noi…
DearAll;
Herewith the link to MCI’s website obituary for H.E. Archbishop Zigmunt Zimowski
http://matercare.org/news-publications/latest-news/mci-remembers-h-e-zygmunt-zimowski/
Rob