Zbigniew Zieliński (born 14 January 1965) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who became bishop coadjutor of the
Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
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in March 2022. He was auxiliary bishop of the
Archdiocese of Gdańsk from 2015 to 2022.
Biography
Zbigniew Jan Zieliński was born on 14 January 1965 in
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
. He studied at the major seminary of Gdańsk and on 18 May 1991 was ordained a priest of that archdiocese. In 1995 he continued his studies at the Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw, now
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
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, earning a doctorate in sociology in 2004.
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From 1991 to 1999 he was Vicar in the Parish of B.V.M. Addolorata in Gdańsk and from 1999 to 2000 in the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in the Oliwa section of Gdańsk. From 2000 to 2008 he was director of the Department for Pastoral Care of the archdiocese. From 2004 to 2006 he was a professor of the sociology of religion at the University of Gdańsk. From 2004 to 2007 he was pastor of the parish of St. Michael the Archangel in Sopot and from 2007 to 2014 of the Cathedral in Oliwa. In 2014-2015, he was parish priest of the Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk.][
On 26 September 2015 he was appointed titular bishop of ]Medeli
Medeli was an ancient Roman–Berber civitas of the Roman Province of Africa Proconsularis in Tunisia. It has been tentatively identified with Henchir-Mencoub and lasted through the Roman, Vandal and Byzantine empires.
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and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Gdańsk. He received his episcopal consecration from Tadeusz Gocłowski
Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. (16 September 1931 – 3 May 2016) was a Roman Catholic archbishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1956, Gocłowski served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gdańsk, Poland, from 1983 to 1984. The ...
, Archbishop of Gdańsk, on 24 October.[
On 10 March 2022, Pope Francis named him bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg.]
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Living people
1965 births
Bishops of Gdańsk
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis