Polish archbishop
His Excellency
Stanisław Gądecki
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, 2012
Church Roman Catholic Archdiocese Poznań Installed 2 April 2002 Predecessor Juliusz Paetz Ordination 9 June 1973 Consecration 25 March 1992 Born (1949-10-19 ) 19 October 1949 (age 75) Motto Czynem i prawdą (In action and truth) Coat of arms
Stanisław Gądecki (born 19 October 1949) is a Polish Roman Catholic Bishop and doctor of Theological Sciences who has served as Archbishop of Poznań since 2002. Since 2014, he has served as President of the Polish Episcopal Conference , and since 2016, as Deputy President of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe.
Early life
He was born on 19 October 1949 in Strzelno , where he graduated from high school in 1967.[ 1] philosophy and theology in Primatial Seminary, Gniezno and was ordained to the priesthood on 9 June 1973 in the Cathedral of Gniezno .[ 2]
From 1973 to 1981, he studied at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome , gaining a Bachelor's degree . From 1976 to 1977, he was in Franciscan Biblical Studies college in Jerusalem . From 1981 to 1982, he studied at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas , where in 1982 he obtained a doctorate in Biblical Theology.[ 3]
Career
He was a pastor in the Church of John the Baptist , the deputy rector of the theological seminar in Gniezno , and from 1992 to 2002 served as auxiliary bishop of Gniezno and titular bishop of Rubicon .
On 28 March 2002, Pope John Paul II appointed him archbishop of Poznań .[ 4] [ 5] Polish Episcopal Conference from 2004 to 2014, and was elected president in 2014.
In October 2015, Gądecki condemned "feelings of false compassion" in relation to a gay-rights campaign in Poland and objected to introducing any changes to the church's approach to LGBT ministry during a meeting of the Synod of Bishops in Rome.[ 6]
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