Mikolaj Sasinowski

Mikołaj Sasinowski (16 November 1909 – 6 September 1982) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Łomża from 1970 to 1982.

Biography Early life Sasinowski was born in 1909 in Mieczki to Józef and Anna Sasinowski. He was first educated at various gymnasiums in Łomża, graduating in 1930. On 11 August 1930, he was called to 10 months of military training; after graduating from military training, he was assigned to the . Later, he was assigned to a reserve platoon on 16 September 1931. After his military service, he entered the diocesan seminary in Łomża on 4 October 1931; he was ordained a priest on 28 March 1935 by Stanisław Kostka Łukomski.

After his ordination, Sasinowski served as parish priest in Suwałki beginning on 7 April 1935. He began studying canon law at the University of Warsaw in September 1936, graduating in May 1939 with a magister degree in canon law. He worked from October 1936 to July 1939 as a catechist in Warsaw.

Military service In fall 1939, after the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Polish military and underwent an officers' training course at Coëtquidan. After graduating in February 1940, he was assigned as a chaplain to Polish airmen based at Lyon-Bron Airport. Sasinowski was evacuated to north Africa on 25 June 1940 after the fall of France, and was later transported to the United Kingdom. He died on 6 September 1982 in Łomża of a heart attack and was buried in the crypt of the cathedral located there.