Mirosław Adamczyk (born 16 July 1962) is a Polish prelate of the
Catholic Church
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who has work in the diplomatic service of the
Holy See
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since 1993, with the title of apostolic nuncio since 2013.
Biography
Mirosław Adamczyk was born on 16 July 1962 in
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
. He was ordained a priest for the
Archdiocese of Gdańsk
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
on 16 May 1987. He earned a degree in canon law and joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1993. His early assignments took him to Madagascar, India, Hungary, Belgium, South Africa, and Venezuela.
[
On 22 February 2013, ]Pope Benedict XVI
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appointed him Apostolic Nuncio
An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international org ...
to Liberia
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and Titular Archbishop
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By definition, a bishop
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In ...
of Otricoli
Otricoli is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Terni, Umbria, central Italy. It is located on the Via Flaminia, near the east bank of the Tiber, some 70 km north of Rome and 20 km south of Narni.
History
Anciently named Ocricul ...
.[
] He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz on 27 April in the Cathedral of Oliwa.
Later in the year, Pope Francis
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gave him additional responsibilities as Apostolic Nuncio
An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international org ...
to the Gambia
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on 8 June[
] and to Sierra Leone
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on 21 September.Panama
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.[
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On 22 February 2020, Pope Francis appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina.
See also
* List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See
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References
External links
Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk
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1962 births
Living people
Apostolic Nuncios to Liberia
Apostolic Nuncios to Panama
Apostolic Nuncios to Sierra Leone
Apostolic Nuncios to the Gambia
Apostolic Nuncios to Argentina
Clergy from Gdańsk