Vatican City, Oct 21, 2020 / 09:00 am
A Polish bishop died from COVID-19 Tuesday at the age of 83.
Bishop Bogdan Wojtuś died at noon local time Oct. 20, according to a statement from the Archdiocese of Gniezno.
Wojtuś, a retired auxiliary bishop of Gniezno archdiocese, was admitted to hospital on Saturday after testing positive for the coronavirus.
His funeral will take place in Gniezno cathedral Oct. 24. Afterwards, he will be laid to rest in a crypt alongside other auxiliary bishops in the church at St. Peter's Cemetery in Gniezno, central-western Poland.