Archbishop Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz (; born 12 October 1961) is a Polish

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hierarch as an archbishop-metropolitan of

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since 7 November 2015. Also he served as an apostolic administrator of the newly created Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk since 25 November 2020 until 23 January 2021. Previously he served as a titular bishop of Horrea Coelia and auxiliary bishop of Przemyśl–Warsaw from 4 November 2013 until 7 November 2015.

Early life and pastoral work

Popowicz was born in the family of Greek-Catholics in the present day

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. After graduation of the school education he joined Higher Theological Seminary in Lublin with degree in theology. After this he was ordained by Archbishop

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as deacon on 14 October 1986 and as

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on 17 October 1986 for the

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. Following two years pastoral work, Popowicz continued his studies in the

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in Rome to secure a

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degree. Then, after short time of the professor work in the Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, he returned in Poland, where continued to serve in the different parishes. In 1996 he was appointed as

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of the Archeparchy.

Bishop

On 4 November 2013 Popowicz was appointed and on 21 December 2013 was

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to the

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as the auxiliary bishop of the

. The principal

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was Major Archbishop

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, the head of the

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. On 7 November 2015, after retirement of his predecessor, Archbishop

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, Popowicz was appointed and on 19 December 2015 was

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as the Metropolitan Archbishop of the

References

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