Recent Events

Fr. Marek Ochlak, O.M.I., was elected Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana (Madagascar)

Bishop Piotr Turzyński, Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland), passed away at 60

Bishop Ireneusz Józef Pękalski resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Bishop Arkadiusz Okroj, Titular Bishop of Cufruta and Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Toruń (Poland)

Fr. George Kolodziej, S.D.S., was consecrated as Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

Bishop Zbigniew Jan Zieliński, Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz resigned as Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), was appointed as Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

Fr. Robert Fedek was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Bishop Kazimierz Romaniuk, Bishop emeritus of Warszawa-Praga (Poland), passed away at 97

Msgr. Tomasz Kubiczek, Priest of Częstochowa (Poland), Chaplain of His Holiness and Promoter of Justice of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, was appointed as Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Fr. George Kolodziej, S.D.S., was elected Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Fr. Robert Fedek, Priest of Chicago (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

Fr. Tomasz Zbigniew Sztajerwald was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cediæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

Fr. Tomasz Zbigniew Sztajerwald, Priest of Warszawa-Praga (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Cediæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Katowice (Poland), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)

Fr. Piotr Kleszcz, O.F.M. Conv., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Zbigniew Daniel Wołkowicz was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Vassinassa and Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Archbishop Edward Ozorowski, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Białystok (Poland), passed away at 83

Fr. Piotr Kleszcz, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Fr. Zbigniew Daniel Wołkowicz, Priest of Łódź (Poland), was elected Titular Bishop of Vassinassa and Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

Bishop Wiesław Śmigiel, Bishop of Toruń (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Bishop Zbigniew Jan Zieliński resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Bishop Wojciech Tomasz Osial, Titular Bishop of Cediæ, Auxiliary Bishop of Łowicz (Poland) and Apostolic Administrator of Łowicz (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Łowicz (Poland)

Bishop Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Donets’k–Kharkiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), passed away at 75

Bishop Janusz Marian Danecki, O.F.M. Conv., Auxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande (Brazil), passed away at 72

Msgr. Kryspin Witold Dubiel was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Vannida

Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho, Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia and Apostolic Nuncio to Eswatini, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana

Fr. Krzysztof Kowalczyk, S.D.S., was appointed as Superior General of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians)

Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho and Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia and Apostolic Nuncio to Eswatini

Archbishop-elect Kryspin Witold Dubiel, Apostolic Nuncio to Angola, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe

Fr. Andrzej Komorowski, F.S.S.P., resigned as Superior General of Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter

Msgr. Kryspin Witold Dubiel, Priest of Przemyśl (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Vannida and Apostolic Nuncio to Angola

Msgr. Krzysztof Józef Nykiel was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Velia

Fr. Michał Rapacz, Priest of Kraków (Poland), was beatified

Bishop Marek Grzegorz Marczak, Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Poland

Bishop Artur Grzegorz Miziński resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Poland

Bishop Janusz Edmund Zimniak, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bielsko–Żywiec (Poland), passed away at 90

Bishop Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Maintirano (Madagascar)

Msgr. Krzysztof Józef Nykiel, Priest of Łódź (Poland) and Regent of Apostolic Penitentiary, was elected Titular Bishop of Velia

Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Sosnowiec (Poland)

Bishop Artur Ważny, Titular Bishop of Mazaca and Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland), was appointed as Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland)

Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho and Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa

Msgr. Janusz Stanisław Urbańczyk was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Voli

Bishop Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M., Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro (Central African Republic), passed away at 72

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Poland

Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Poland

Archbishop Józef Piotr Kupny, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Poland

Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk (Poland), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Poland

Archbishop Marian Gołębiewski, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Wrocław (Poland), passed away at 86

Bishop Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba resigned as Bishop of Łowicz (Poland)

Bishop Wojciech Tomasz Osial, Auxiliary Bishop of Łowicz (Poland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Łowicz (Poland)

Bishop Piotr Krupa, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pelplin (Poland), passed away at 87

Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Bishop Zbigniew Jan Zieliński, Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Msgr. Janusz Stanisław Urbańczyk, Priest of Elbląg (Poland), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, Permanent Representative to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Vienna (UNOV), Permanent Observer to United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Permanent Representative to Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Permanent Representative to Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), was elected Titular Archbishop of Voli and Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe

Bishop Ryszard Karpiński, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lublin (Poland), passed away at 88

Archbishop Marek Zalewski, Non-Residential Pontifical Representative for Vietnam and Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, was appointed as Residential Pontifical Representative for Vietnam