Polish Episcopal Conference

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Secretariat of the Polish Episcopal Conference building at 6 Stefan Wyszyński Square in Warsaw

The Polish Episcopal Conference or Polish Bishops' Conference (Polish: Konferencja Episkopatu Polski) is the central organ of the Catholic Church in Poland. It is composed of 3 cardinals, 32 archbishops and 122 bishops.

Members[]

• • President – abp Stanisław Gądecki (since 12 March 2014)
  • Vicepresident – abp Marek Jędraszewski (since 13 March 2014)
  • Secretary general – bp (since 10 June 2014)
• Presidium
  • President – abp Stanisław Gądecki
  • Vicepresident – abp Marek Jędraszewski
  • Primate of Poland – abp Wojciech Polak
  • Metropolitan Cardinals – card. Kazimierz Nycz
  • Secretary general – bp
  • 6 diocese bishops (chosen for 5 years) – abp , abp , abp Grzegorz Ryś, abp Józef Kupny, abp , bp
  • 2 auxiliary bishops (chosen for 5 years) – bp , bp
• Commissions (only bishops can be members)
  • for the Doctrine of the Faith – head abp
  • for Catholic Education – head bp
  • for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments – head bp
  • for the Clergy – head abp Wojciech Polak
  • for Christian ministry – head abp
  • for Missions – head bp Jerzy Mazur
  • Charity – head bp
  • for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life – head bp
  • Marian – head abp Wacław Depo
  • Bishops and religious superiors – head bp
  • for Polish diaspora – head bp
  • Revisions – head abp
• Councils (priests, religious and lay members allowed)
  • for Family – head bp
  • Science – head abp Marek Jędraszewski
  • for Ecumenism – head bp Jacek Jezierski
  • for Inter-Religious Dialogue – head bp
  • for the Laity – head bp
  • for Society problems – head abp Józef Kupny
  • for the Pastoral Care of Youth – head bp Marek Solarczyk
  • for Culture and Cultural Heritage – head bp
  • for Social Communications – head abp Wacław Depo
  • for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants – head bp
  • Law – head bp Ryszard Kasyna
  • Economical – head bp Jan Piotrowski
• Teams (priests, religious and lay members allowed)
  • for contacts with French Episcopal Conference – head bp Jan Piotrowski
  • for contacts with Lithuanian Episcopal Conference – head bp Romuald Kamiński
  • for contacts with German Episcopal Conference – head bp
  • for contacts with Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church – head bp
  • for contacts with Polish Ecumenical Council – head bp Jacek Jezierski
  • for help Catholic Church in East – head bp Antoni Dydycz
  • for contacts with Russian Orthodox Church – head abp Wojciech Polak
  • for Scholarships – head bp
  • for Dialogue – bp , bp Roman Pindel, bp , bp Jacek Jezierski, bp
  • for Alcohol Abstinence – head bp
  • for programmed television transmission of Masses – head abp
  • for Enthronement of Christ movements – head bp
  • for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers – head bp Romuald Kamiński
  • Bioethics – head bp
  • for Sanctuary – head bp
  • for the Pastoral Care of Radio Maryja – head bp
  • for Promoting the New Evangelization – head abp Grzegorz Ryś
  • for novelization Polish Episcopal Conference regulations – head bp
• Press office
  • Fr. Leszek Gęsiak SI
• Concordat commission
  • bp

Presidents[]

• 1919–1926 – card. Edmund Dalbor
• 1926–1948 – card. August Hlond
• 1948–1981 – card. Stefan Wyszyński
• 1981–2004, since 1994 chosen – card. Józef Glemp former primate of Poland
• 2004–2014 – abp Józef Michalik
• since 2014 – abp Stanisław Gądecki

Vicepresidents[]

• 1969–1978 – St. card. Karol Wojtyła
• 1979–1994 – card. Franciszek Macharski
• 1994–1999 – abp Henryk Muszyński
• 1999–2004 – abp Józef Michalik
• 2004–2014 – abp Stanisław Gądecki
• since 2014 – abp Marek Jędraszewski

Secretaries general[]

• 1918–1919 – bl. bp Antoni Julian Nowowiejski
• 1919–1925 – bp Henryk Przeździecki
• 1925–1926 – bp Romuald Jałbrzykowski
• 1926–1946 – bp
• 1946–1968 – bp
• 1969–1993 – bp
• 1993–1998 – bp Tadeusz Pieronek
• 1998–2007 – bp Piotr Libera
• 2007–2011 – bp
• 2011–2014 – bp Wojciech Polak
• since 2014 – bp

See also[]

• Episcopal Conference