Romuald Kamiński (born 7 February 1955, Janówka,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

) is a Polish Roman Catholic priest who has served as bishop of Warszawa-Praga since 2017. He previously served as the auxiliary

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

Ełk Ełk (; former pl, Łek; german: Lyck; Old Prussian: ''Luks''; lt, Lukas), also spelled Elk in English, is a small city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It was assigned to Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999, ...

between 2005 and 2017.

Biography

Kamiński was born 7 February 1955 in Janówka. He graduated from the Higher Metropolitan Seminary in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

. He also earned his

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

. He was ordained a priest on 7 June 1981 by the auxiliary bishop of

, . He was

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into the

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. From 1981 to 1983, he worked as a vicar in the parish of Our Lady in

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. From 1983 to 1992, he served as administrator of the Archbishops of Warsaw. At the same time he was a chaplain of

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. In 1992, he became chancellor of the episcopal curia of the newly established Diocese of Warszawa-Praga. He also became a ''collegium'' consultant and a part of the council of priests of the diocese. On 8 June 2005,

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appointed him the auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Ełk and titular bishop of

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. He was ordained bishop on 23 June 2005 in the Cathedral of St. Wojciech in Ełk. He was ordained by archbishop

Józef Kowalczyk Józef Kowalczyk (; born 28 August 1938) is a Polish Roman Catholic prelate, canon lawyer and diplomat who, from 1989 to 2010, served as the first apostolic nuncio to Poland since World War II. He later served as archbishop of Gniezno and primate ...

, the

apostolic nuncio An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international org ...

in Poland, accompanied by

Jerzy Mazur Jerzy Mazur (born 5 August 1953) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ełk since 2003. He was previously a missionary, as well as a bishop in Siberia and the titular bishop of Tabunia. Biography Ear ...

, the bishop of the diocese of Ełk, and Kazimierz Romaniuk, a retired diocesan bishop from Warszawa-Praga. As a bishop, he took as his motto "''Sub Tuum praesidium''". He was the chairman of the

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, a delegate for the Episcopal Conference of Lithuania, and a delegate for Dialogue of Catholics and Muslims. He is also a part of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Council, the Families Council, the Religious Dialogue and Team, and regularly contacts representatives of the

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. In 2014, Kamiński ordained the former co-

to Zimbabwe Africa Marek Zalewski. Since 8 December 2017, he has been the bishop of

Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga The Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga ( la, Varsavien(sis) – Pragen(sis)) is a diocese located in the east part of Warsaw (Praga) in the Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland. According to the church statistics about 31,4% atten ...

References

External links

Romuald Kamiński's biography by the Diocese of Ełk
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaminski, Romuald 1955 births 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland Apostolic Nuncios to Poland Bishops of Ełk People from Augustów County Living people