Bishop Adrian Put (born 4 November 1978) is a Polish Roman Catholic prelate, who currently serves as the Titular Bishop of

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and

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of the

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since 28 June 2022.

Early life and education

Put was born in

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in the Roman Catholic family, but since 1990 grew up in

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. As a youngster he participated in the

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. After graduation of the primary school education and the classical liceum in

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in 1998, he joined Major Theological Seminary in Gościkowo-Paradyż, Poland (1998–2004) and was ordained as a

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for the Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów on 22 May 2004 at the St. Mary's Cathedral in

by bishop Adam Dyczkowski, after completed his philosophical and theological studies.

Pastoral and administrative work

In the years 2004–2009 he was an assistant priest in the parish of Visitation in

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and during 2009–2011 assistant priest in the parish of the First Polish Martyrs in

. In this time he continued his postgraduate studies at the

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, Poland and in 2009 he obtained a Licentiate degree and in 2015 a

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degree in the field of the Ecclesiastical History. During 2015–2021 Fr. Put was the parish priest of the parish of St. Stanisław Kostka in

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, and in 2021 he was appointed pastor of the Co-Cathedral of St. Hedwig of Silesia in

. In 2011 he became the auxiliary youth chaplain for the

, in 2013 he became a member of the diocesan council for Catholic movements and associations, in 2016 he became the moderator of the diocesan Light-Life Movement, in 2017 he joined the diocesan pastoral council, and in 2019 he took over the leadership over the diocesan catechumenal center. Moreover, in 2022 he became a member of the diocesan liturgical commission. In 2021, he was appointed

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of the Zielona Góra Collegiate Chapter of St. Jadwiga.

Prelate

On 28 June 2022 Fr. Put was appointed by

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as an

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of the

and

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. On 13 August 2022 he was consecrated by archbishop

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and other prelates of the

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in the Co-Cathedral of St. Hedwig of Silesia in

References

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