Marian Oleś

Archbishop Marian Oleś's grave in Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw (2008)

Marian Oleś (born December 8, 1934 in Miastkowo , Poland , † May 24, 2005 ) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See .

Life

Marian Oleś received on 9 July 1961, the sacrament of Holy Orders .

On 28 November 1987 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria and ordered him to Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Iraq and Kuwait . Pope John Paul II donated him episcopal ordination on January 6, 1988 ; Co- consecrators were the secretary of the Congregation for Bishops , Curia Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re , and the official in the Vatican State Secretariat , Eduardo Martínez Somalo . In 1991 Oleś resigned as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Kuwait. On April 9, 1994, John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Nuncio in Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan . Marian Oleś also became Apostolic Nuncio in Tajikistan on December 28, 1996 . On December 11, 2001, John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Nuncio in Macedonia and Slovenia .

Oleś resigned as Apostolic Nuncio in Macedonia and Slovenia on May 1, 2002.

predecessor	Office	successor
Luigi Conti	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Iraq 1987–1994	Giuseppe Lazzarotto
Luigi Conti	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Kuwait 1987–1991	Pablo Puente Buces
...	Apostolic Nuncio in Kazakhstan 1994–2001	Józef Wesołowski
...	Apostolic Nuncio in Kyrgyzstan 1994–2001	Józef Wesołowski
...	Apostolic Nuncio in Uzbekistan 1994-2001	Józef Wesołowski
...	Apostolic Nuncio in Tajikistan 1996-2001	Józef Wesołowski
Edmond Farhat	Apostolic Nuncio in Macedonia 2001–2002	Giuseppe Leanza
Edmond Farhat	Apostolic Nuncio in Slovenia 2001–2002	Giuseppe Leanza

personal data
SURNAME	Oleś, Marian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish clergyman, Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See
DATE OF BIRTH	December 8, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Miastkowo , Poland
DATE OF DEATH	May 24, 2005