Pope Francis Names Archbishop Galbas As New Leader of Warsaw Archdiocese| National Catholic Register

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>Within the Polish Bishops’ Conference&comma; Archbishop Galbas serves as chairman of the Council for the Lay Apostolate and is a member of the conference’s permanent council&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas as the new metropolitan archbishop of Warsaw&comma; Poland&comma; accepting the resignation of Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz&comma; who will turn 75 in February&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The appointment was announced Monday by the<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nuncjatura&period;pl&sol;aktualnosci&sol;komunikat-nuncjatury-apostolskiej-w-polsce-96" target&equals;"null" rel&equals;"noopener"> apostolic nunciature in Poland<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Archbishop Galbas&comma; 56&comma; has served as metropolitan archbishop of Katowice since May 2023&period; A member of the Pallottine Fathers&comma; he previously served as auxiliary bishop of E&lstrok;k and obtained his doctorate in spiritual theology from Cardinal Stefan Wyszy&nacute;ski University in Warsaw in 2012&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Within the<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;episkopat&period;pl&sol;abp-adrian-jozef-galbas-sac-nowym-arcybiskupem-metropolita-warszawskim" target&equals;"null" rel&equals;"noopener"> Polish Bishops’ Conference<&sol;a>&comma; Archbishop Galbas serves as chairman of the Council for the Lay Apostolate and is a member of the conference’s permanent council&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Born in Bytom&comma; Poland&comma; in 1968&comma; he made his perpetual vows with the Pallottines in 1993 and was ordained a priest in 1994&period; Before becoming a bishop&comma; he served as provincial superior of the Pallottines’ Annunciation Province from 2011 to 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pope Francis named him auxiliary bishop of E&lstrok;k in December 2019 and appointed him coadjutor archbishop of Katowice in December 2021&period; He became metropolitan archbishop of Katowice in May 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Archdiocese of Warsaw&comma; established in 1798&comma; serves as the primary see of Poland and encompasses the capital city of Warsaw&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cardinal Nycz led the archdiocese <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;catholicnewsagency&period;com&sol;news&sol;8778&sol;benedict-xvi-names-bishop-nycz-new-archbishop-of-warsaw" target&equals;"null" rel&equals;"noopener">since 2007<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><br &sol;>&NewLine;<br &sol;><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ncregister&period;com&sol;cna&sol;pope-francis-names-archbishop-galbas-as-new-leader-of-warsaw-archdiocese">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;