Andrzej Dzięga
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Andrzej Dzięga | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień | |
| Appointed | 21 February 2009 |
| Other posts | Bishop of Sandomierz (2002 –2009) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 11 June 1997 by Jan Mazur |
| Consecration | 24 November 2002 by Józef Kowalczyk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1952 Radzyń Podlaski |
| Motto | Dominus Jesus |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (JCL, PhD, dr hab.) |
| Thesis | Recepcja myśli Giuseppe Chiovendy w kościelnym procesie ustnym (1988) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin |
Andrzej Dzięga (b. 14 December 1952) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop and the incumbent archbishop of the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.
Biography
Dzięga was born in 1952 in Radzyń Podlaski. He completed his general education in 1971 and afterwards attended the seminary in Siedlce, where he was ordained a priest in 1977 by Jan Mazur.[1] He attended the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin afterwards, where he graduated with a JCL in 1985 and a PhD in canon law in 1988. He later attained habilitation in 1995 and was made a professor of the university in 1998.[2]
Between 1989 and 2002, Dzięga served on the ecclesiastical court of the Diocese of Siedlce; he also served as vice-postulator for the Pratulin Martyrs.[3] He was appointed dean of the Faculty of Law at the Catholic University of Lublin in 1996.[2]
Dzięga was appointed Bishop of Sandomierz on 7 October 2002 by John Paul II;[4] he was consecrated on 24 November by Józef Kowalczyk.He was later appointed as Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień by Benedict XVI on 21 February 2009 and installed on 4 April.[5]
In 2014, Dzięga was given an honorary doctorate from the Pázmány Péter Catholic University.[6] He was also granted honorary citizenship in Radzyń Podlaski in 2016.[7]
References
- ↑ Kołodziejczyk 2010, pp. 299 –300.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ks. prof. dr hab. Andrzej Dzięga, biskup sandomierski". sandomierz.eu (in polski). 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ↑ Kołodziejczyk 2010, p. 301.
- ↑ Kołodziejczyk 2010, p. 302.
- ↑ Kołodziejczyk 2010, p. 303.
- ↑ "Arcybiskup Andrzej Dzięga doktorem honoris causa". Gazeta Wyborcza (in polski). 22 September 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ↑ Wasak, Anna (26 September 2016). "Arcybiskup Andrzej Dzięga honorowym obywatelem miasta" (PDF). Biuletyn Informacyjny Miasta Radzyń (in polski). Vol. 14, no. 24. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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