Andrzej Dzięga
Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień
Dzięga in 2021
Appointed21 February 2009
Other post(s)Bishop of Sandomierz (2002 –2009)
Orders
Ordination11 June 1997
by Jan Mazur
Consecration24 November 2002
by Józef Kowalczyk
Personal details
Born (1952-12-14) 14 December 1952
Radzyń Podlaski
MottoDominus Jesus
Academic background
EducationJohn Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (JCL, PhD, dr hab.)
ThesisRecepcja myśli Giuseppe Chiovendy w kościelnym procesie ustnym (1988)
Academic work
InstitutionsJohn 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 1986 and 1989, Dzięga served as notary of the ecclesiastical court of the Diocese of Siedlce;[3] he also served as vice-postulator for the Pratulin Martyrs.[4] Between 1993 and 2002, he was judicial vicar for the Diocese of Drohiczyn.[5] 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;[6] 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.[7]

In 2014, Dzięga was given an honorary doctorate from the Pázmány Péter Catholic University.[8] He was also granted honorary citizenship in Radzyń Podlaski in 2016.[9] In 2017, he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit for improving Polish-Hungarian relations.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Kołodziejczyk 2010, pp. 299–300.
  2. 1 2 "ks. prof. dr hab. Andrzej Dzięga, biskup sandomierski". sandomierz.eu (in Polish). 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "RINUNCE E NOMINE". vatican.va (in Italian). 21 February 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Kołodziejczyk 2010, p. 301.
  5. ↑ "Kim jest abp Andrzej Dzięga?". ekai.pl (in Polish). 21 February 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Kołodziejczyk 2010, p. 302.
  7. ↑ Kołodziejczyk 2010, p. 303.
  8. ↑ "Arcybiskup Andrzej Dzięga doktorem honoris causa". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). 22 September 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  9. ↑ Wasak, Anna (26 September 2016). "Arcybiskup Andrzej Dzięga honorowym obywatelem miasta" (PDF). Biuletyn Informacyjny Miasta Radzyń (in Polish). Vol. 14, no. 24. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Krzyż Zasługi Orderu Węgierskiego dla arcybiskupa Andrzeja Dzięgi". dzieje.pl. Polska po 1989 roku (in Polish). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Rangos magyar állami kitüntetést kaptak külföldi közszereplők, köztük Andrzej Dzięga érsek". magyarkurir.hu (in Hungarian). 18 March 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

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