Janusz Andrzej Kotański (born 29 April 1957) is a Polish historian and teacher. He served as the Polish ambassador to the

Holy See The Holy See (, ; ), also called the See of Rome, the Petrine See or the Apostolic See, is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and Vatican City. It encompasses the office of the pope as the Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishop ...

from 2016 to 2022.

Life

Janusz Kotański was born in 1957 in

Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a grea ...

. In 1983, he has earned his master's degree from the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...

, Faculty of History. He has been studying also law. He was working as a high school teacher and as a specialist at the

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage () is a ministry within Polish government led by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage responsible for national heritage preservation and Polish culture promotion. Ministry oversees state o ...

, as well as at the Polish Information Agency and as a historian at the

Institute of National Remembrance The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state research institute in charge of education and archives which also includes two public prosecutio ...

and at the

Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński The Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński () is a Roman Catholic cultural and educational institution affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warsaw, Archdiocese of Warsaw, honoring two prominent Polish Catholic leaders Pope J ...

. In 2016, he was nominated ambassador to the Holy See, accredited also to the

Sovereign Military Order of Malta The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, and commonly known as the Order of Malta or the Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious ...

. He presented his credentials to

Pope Francis Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the fi ...

on 23 June 2016. He ended his term on 15 May 2022. He is married.

Works

* ''Polacy w ZSRR 1917–1947'' (co-author), Warszawa 1990 * ''Wiersze'', Warszawa 1991 * ''Krym i inne wiersze'', Kraków 1993 * ''44 wiersze'', Warszawa 1999 * ''Ksiądz

Jerzy Popiełuszko Jerzy Popiełuszko ( born Alfons Popiełuszko; 14 September 1947 – 19 October 1984) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three ...

'', Warszawa 2004, 2010 * ''Kropla'', Warszawa 2006 * ''Czas przemian 1979–1989. Znaczenie pierwszych trzech pielgrzymek Jana Pawła II do Ojczyzny'', Warszawa 2010 * ''Nic niemożliwego'', Warszawa 2011 * ''Prymas Stefan Wyszyński w służbie Bogu, człowiekowi i narodowi'', Warszawa 2011 * ''Głos'', Warszawa: Fronda PL 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kotanski, Janusz 1957 births Ambassadors of Poland to the Holy See Ambassadors of Poland to Malta University of Warsaw alumni Living people Writers from Warsaw 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Diplomats from Warsaw 21st-century Polish historians