Elections of the 394th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference

Archbishop Stanislaw Budzik was elected the new chairman of the Team for Contacts with the German Bishops’ Conference, while Bishop Piotr Turzyński and Bishop Andrzej Przybylski were elected members of the Committee on the Clergy. These are some of the decisions of the 394th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference. On Tuesday, March 14, the bishops held elections to the Episcopate bodies and ecclesiastical institutions subordinate to the Polish Bishops' Conference.

We publish the results of the elections of the 394th Plenary Meeting of the Polish Bishops' Conference:

 

394th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference

Warsaw, March 13-14, 2023

1. Member of the Permanent Council (by election)

Bishop Piotr Turzyński - end of 1st term of office

Bishop Piotr TURZYÑSKI - appointment for the 2nd five-year term.

2. Chairman of the Team for the Apostolate of Sobriety and Addicted Persons

Bishop Tadeusz Bronakowski - end of 1st term of office

Bishop Tadeusz BRONAKOWSKI - appointment for 2nd five-year term

3. Chairman of the Team for Dialogue with the Community of the Polish Catholic Church

Bishop Jacek Jezierski - end of 1st term of office

Bishop Adrian PUT - appointment for the 1st five-year term.

4. Chairman of the Bishops’ Team for the Pastoral Care for Radio Maryja

Bishop Wieslaw Smigiel - end of 1st term of office

Bishop Wieslaw ŚMIGIEL - appointment for the 2nd five-year term.

5. Chairman of the Team for Contacts with the German Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Jan Kopiec - termination of ministry

Archbishop Stanisław BUDZIK - appointment for 1st five-year term

6. Chairman of the Team of Bioethics Experts of the Polish Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Józef Wróbel SCJ - end of 1st term of office

Bishop Jozef WRÓBEL SCJ - appointment for the 2nd five-year term.

7. Delegate of the Polish Bishops' Conference for the Association of Church Archivists

Bishop Jan Kopiec - termination of service

Bishop Adrian PUT - appointment for 1st five-year term

8. The Church Assistant of the Association "Museums and Treasuries of the Church Ars Sacra"

Bishop Michal Janocha - end of 1st term of office

Bishop Michal JANOCHA - appointment for 2nd five-year term

9. Members of the Committee on the Clergy

Bishop Wieslaw Lechowicz, Bishop Marek Solarczyk, Fr. Wlodzimierz Wolyniec - termination of service

Bishop Piotr TURZYÑSKI

Bishop Andrzej PRZYBYLSKI

10. Consultors of the Charity Committee

Fr. Wojciech BOROWSKI

Fr. Dariusz WILK CSMA

Sr. Maria PIĄTKOWSKA CSA

Urszula BEJMA

Małgorzata JAROSZ-JARSZEWSKA

Ludwik KOTECKI

Radoslaw MARLĘGA

11. Consultants of the Council for Social Affairs

Aniela Dylus, Rev. Stanislaw Fel, Jan Klimek, Fr. Andrzej Kobylinski, Krzysztof Motyka, Slawomir Sowiński, Wojciech Świątkiewicz - termination of service

Michal GIERYCZ

Milena KINDZIUK

Kamil SULEJ

Fr. Henryk SKOROWSKI SDB

Fr. Grzegorz ZIELIŃSKI

Fr. Marek ŻEJMO

12. Members of the Team for the Pastoral Care of the Health Service

Bishop Romuald KAMIÑSKI - Chairman

Members:

Fr. Łukasz JOŃCZY

Fr. Marcin NIESPOREK

Fr. Arkadiusz ZAWISTOWSKI

Sr. Paula NAROŻNA CSSF

Jadwiga KAZANA

Elzbieta KORTYCZKO

Malgorzata PRUSAK

Elżbieta PUACZ

Jolanta STOKŁOSA

Tadeusz WADAS

Consultants:

Fr. Wojciech BARTOSZEK

Fr. Tomasz DUSZCZAK

Edyta GADOMSKA

Anna KAPTACZ

Waldemar KOSTEWICZ

Małgorzata KRAJNIK

Dominik Maciej KRZYŻANOWSKI

Maria OCHMAN

Dariusz PALUSZEK

Mirosław PIETRZAK

Marek POSOBKIEWICZ

13. Member and Consultor of the Council for Migration, Tourism and Pilgrimages

Bishop Henryk Tomasik, Bishop Paweł Stobrawa, Marta Walasik-Sałek - termination of ministry

Bishop Piotr PRZYBOREK - Member

Ernest ZIENKIEWICZ - Consultor

14. Member of the Team of Bioethics Experts of the Polish Bishops’ Conference

Fr. Edmund KOWALSKI CSsR

15. Member of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism

Fr. Hieronim WRÓBLEWSKI

16. National Chaplain of Hospices

Fr. Piotr Krakowiak SAC - end of 4th term

Fr. Piotr Krakowiak SAC - appointment for 5th five-year term

17. National Chaplain of Lawyers

Fr. Tomasz Czarnocki - end of 2nd term of office

Fr. Grzegorz ZIELIŃSKI - appointment for the 1st five-year term

18. National Moderator of Spiritual Adoption of the Unborn Child

Fr. Stanislaw Jarosz OSPPE - termination of ministry

Fr. Samuel Zbigniew KARWACKI OSPPE - appointment for the 1st five-year term of office

19. President of the John Paul II Bible Work

Fr. Henryk Witczyk - end of term

Fr. Henryk WITCZYK - approval for another five-year term of office

20. Member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation Work of the New Millennium

Fr. Łukasz NYCZ - approval for the period until the end of the current term of the Board.

21. Candidate for Deputy Director of Caritas Poland

Jaroslaw Bittel - termination of service

Urszula BEJMA - nihil obstat

22. Member of the Legal Council

Bishop Slawomir ODER - approval

23. Change of name of the Council for Social Media

The Council for Social Media changes its name to the Council for Media and Social Communication.

24. Members of the Council for Media and Social Communication

Bishop Rafał MARKOWSKI - Chairman

Bishop Artur G. MIZIŃSKI - Member

Fr. Przemysław ŚLIWIŃSKI - Secretary

Fr. Leszek GĘSIAK SJ - Member

Fr. Marek GANCARCZYK - Member

Fr. Piotr STUDNICKI - Member

Fr. Paweł RYTEL-ANDRIANIK - Member

Marcin PRZECISZEWSKI - Member

25. Candidate for the Rector of the Polish Catholic Mission in England and Wales

Fr. Stefan Wylężek - termination of ministry

Fr. Bogdan Piotr KOŁODZIEJ - appointment for the 1st term of office

26. Member of the Scientific Council

Bishop Jan Kopiec - termination of ministry

 

Translation: Sr. Amata Nowaszewska / Office for Foreign Communication of the Polish Bishops’ Conference