Krzysztof Nitkiewicz (b. 17 July 1960) is the incumbent Roman Catholic bishop of Sandomierz.

Biography

Nitkiewicz was born in 1960 in Białystok; after completing his secondary education, he began attending the archdiocesan seminary in Białystok in 1979. During his time there, he served for a brief time at a chaplain's unit based in

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until it was dissolved in March 1980. He was ordained on 19 June 1985 by Edward Kiesel, the apostolic administrator of Białystok. In 1986, he began studying canon law at the

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; he received a doctorate in 1991. After this, he taught canon law at the seminary in Białystok. In 1992, Nitkiewicz was appointed to the

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; he was later appointed as its under-secretary on 15 March 2002. In 2006, he was made a

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. Nitkiewicz was appointed Bishop of Sandomierz by Pope

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on 13 June 2009; he was consecrated on 4 July 2009 by

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, Archbishop of Gniezno.

References

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