Tadeusz Wojda (born 29 January 1957) is a

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of the

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. He was archbishop of

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from 10 June 2017 until 2 March 2021, when he was named Archbishop of Gdansk. Since 14 March 2024, he has been president of the

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Biography

Born on 29 January 1957 in Kowala, Kielce County, Wojda entered the

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in 1976 and was ordained a priest on 8 May 1983. He received a Licentiate from the

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in 1986, and a PhD in 1989. From 1991, he served in a variety of roles in

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. He was appointed the Congregation's under-secretary on 24 July 2012. On 12 April 2017,

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named him Archbishop of Białystok. and he was installed there on 10 June 2017. Within the

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, he is a member of the Mission Committee and the Concordat Commission. On 7 July 2019, ahead of the LGBT march scheduled to take place on 20 July, Wojda issued a '' non possumus'' proclamation to be read in all churches in Białystok and the entire

Podlaskie Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in northeastern Poland. The name of the voivodeship refers to the historical region of Podlachia (in Polish, ''Podlasie''), and significant part of its territory corresponds to th ...

. He called pride marches "blasphemy against God". He described the march as organized "by a foreign initiative in Podlaskie land and community, an area which is deeply rooted in Christianity and concerned about the good of its own society, especially children". Following the march, Wojda condemned the violence that occurred at the march as incompatible with Christianity and urged believers to pray for "the family and its internal purity". On 2 March 2021, he was appointed archbishop of Gdańsk. He was formally installed as Archbishop on 28 March 2021.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wojda, Tadeusz 1957 births People from Kielce County Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Bishops of Białystok Bishops of Gdańsk Pallottine bishops Living people 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland Members of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples