Paweł Socha

Paweł Socha, C.M. (born 10 January 1935) is a Polish Roman Catholic prelate, who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów and the titular bishop of Thunigaba since 20 November 1973 until his retirement on 16 January 2012.

Life Bishop Socha was born in the Roman Catholic family in a present day Masovian Voivodeship. After graduation of the school education, joined the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers) in 1951;

On 20 November 1973 he was appointed by the Pope Paul VI as the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gorzów and titular bishop of Thunigaba. On 26 December 1973 he was consecrated as bishop by Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, future Pope John Paul II, and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church.

In 1974 Socha was appointed as vicar general of the same diocese (it was renamed as the Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów on 25 March 1992), and fulfilled this duty until his retirement on 16 January 2012.