Polish Episcopal Conference
Secretariat of the Polish Episcopal Conference building at 6 Stefan Wyszyński Square in Warsaw
Polish Episcopal Conference or Polish Bishop's Conference (Polish: Konferencja Episkopatu Polski) is the central organ of Catholic Church in Poland. It is composed of 3 cardinals, 30 archbishops and 120 bishops.
- President - abp Stanisław Gądecki (since 12 March 2014)
- Vicepresident - abp Marek Jędraszewski (since 13 March 2014)
- Secretary general - bp Artur Miziński (since 10 June 2014)
- Presidium
- President - abp Stanisław Gądecki
- Vicepresident - abp Marek Jędraszewski
- Primate of Poland - abp Wojciech Polak
- Metropolitan Cardinals - card. Stanisław Dziwisz, card. Kazimierz Nycz
- Secretary general - bp Artur Miziński
- 6 diocese bishops (chosen for 5 years) - abp Stanisław Budzik, abp Andrzej Dzięga, abp Henryk Hoser, abp Józef Kupny, bp Andrzej Czaja, bp Edward Dajczak
- 2 auxiliary bishops (chosen for 5 years) - bp Marek Mendyk, bp Wiesław Śmigiel
- Commissions (only bishops can be members)
- for the Doctrine of the Faith - head bp Andrzej Czaja
- for Catholic Education - head bp Marek Mendyk
- for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments - head bp Adam Bałabuch
- for the Clergy - head abp Wojciech Polak
- for Christian ministry - head abp Wiktor Skworc
- for Missions - head bp Jerzy Mazur
- Charity - head bp Wiesław Szlachetka
- for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life - head bp Kazimierz Gurda
- Bishops and religious superiors - head bp Artur Miziński
- for Polish diaspora - head bp Wiesław Lechowicz
- Revisions - head abp Wiktor Skworc
- Councils (priests, religious and lay members allowed)
- for Family - head bp Jan Wątroba
- Science - head bp Andrzej Dziuba
- for Ecumenism - head bp Krzysztof Nitkiewicz
- for Inter-Religious Dialogue - head bp Rafał Markowski
- for the Laity - head bp Ryszard Kasyna
- for Society problems - head abp Józef Kupny
- for the Pastoral Care of Youth - head bp Marek Solarczyk
- for Culture and Cultural Heritage - head bp Michał Janocha
- for Social Communications - head abp Wacław Depo
- for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants - head bp Krzysztof Zadarko
- Law - head bp Ryszard Kasyna
- Economical - head card. Kazimierz Nycz
- Teams (priests, religious and lay members allowed)
- for contacts with French Episcopal Conference - head bp Zbigniew Kiernikowski
- for contacts with Lithuanian Episcopal Conference - head bp Romuald Kamiński
- for contacts with German Episcopal Conference - head bp Jan Kopiec
- for contacts with Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church - head bp Marian Rojek
- for contacts with Polish Ecumenical Council - head bp Krzysztof Nitkiewicz
- for help Catholic Church in East - head bp Antoni Dydycz
- for contacts with Russian Ortodox Church - head abp Wojciech Polak
- for Scholarships - head bp Andrzej Dziuba
- for Dialogue - bp Marian Rojek, bp Roman Pindel, bp Krzysztof Nitkiewicz, bp Marian Kruszyłowicz, bp Henryk Wejman
- for Alcohol Abstinence - head bp Tadeusz Bronakowski
- for programmed television transmission of Masses - head abp Józef Górzyński
- for Enthronement of Christ movements - head bp Andrzej Czaja
- for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers - head bp Stefan Regmunt
- Bioethics - head abp Henryk Hoser
- for Sanctuary - head bp Henryk Ciereszko
- for the Pastoral Care of Radio Maryja - head bp Andrzej Suski
- for Promoting the New Evangelization - head bp Grzegorz Ryś
- for novelization Polish Episcopal Conference regulations - abp Stanisław Budzik, bp Piotr Libera, bp Artur Miziński
- Press office
- Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik
- Concordat commission
- abp Stanisław Budzik
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 Stanisław Kostka Łukomski
- 1946-1968 - bp Zygmunt Choromański
- 1969-1993 - bp Bronisław Wacław Dąbrowski
- 1993-1998 - bp Tadeusz Pieronek
- 1998-2007 - bp Piotr Libera
- 2007-2011 - bp Stanisław Budzik
- 2011–2014 - bp Wojciech Polak
- since 2014 - bp Artur Miziński
See also
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