Romuald Kamiński (born 7 February 1955, Janówka,

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

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between 2005 and 2017.

Biography

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

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. He also earned his

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. 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

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, the

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in Poland, accompanied by Jerzy Mazur, 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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. On 14 September 2017,

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named Kamińskin bishop coadjutor of Warszawa-Praga. On 8 December 2017, he succeeded as bishop when Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop

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. On 8 December 2017, Pope Francis accepted Hoser's resignation as bishop of Warszawa-Praga, just 10 days after Hoser's 75th birthday, when he was required to submit resignation. And coadjutor Kamiński automatically succeeds. Kamiński was installed there on 20 January 2018.

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