Zbigniew Kiernikowski

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Zbigniew Kiernikowski (born July 2, 1946 in Szamarzewo , Powiat Wrzesiński , Poland ) is Bishop of Liegnitz .

Life

The auxiliary bishop in Gniezno , Jan Czerniak , ordained him on June 6, 1971 as a priest . From 1987 to 2002 he was the rain of the Pontifical Polish College . In 1983 he was at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome with an assisted by Fritzleo Lentzen-Deis thesis on the theology of Colossians for doctor of theology in specialist biblical criticism doctorate . In 1989 he was elected chairman of Evangelium und Kultur eV , an international association of biblical scholars .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Siedlce on March 28, 2002 . He was ordained bishop by Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano on May 20 of the same year in St. Peter's Basilica ; Co- consecrators were Henryk Muszyński , Archbishop of Gniezno , and Jan Mazur , Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce. His motto is Posłuszeństwo Ewangelii-Eucharystia .

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Liegnitz on April 15, 2014 .

La crescita della comunità - corpo di cristo. L'identità e il dinamismo della vita cristiana rispecchiate nella dinamica del testo della Lettera ai Colossesi . Pontificio Instituto Biblico, Rome 1983.
Eucharystia i jedność . Tygodnik Katolicki "Niedziela", Częstochowa 2000.
Oto idziemy do Jerozolimy. Rozważania do Ewangelii Wielkiego Postu . Diecezjalne Centrum Edukacyjne, Legnica, 2nd edition 2016, ISBN 9788364013317 .
Droga ku zanurzeniu. Katechezy inicjacyjne . Diecezjalne Centrum Edukacyjne, Legnica 2016, ISBN 9788364013324 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Stefan Cichy	Bishop of Liegnitz since 2014	---
Jan Wiktor Nowak	Bishop of Siedlce 2002–2014	Kazimierz Gurda

personal data
SURNAME	Kiernikowski, Zbigniew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish clergyman, Bishop of Liegnitz
DATE OF BIRTH	July 2, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Szamarzewo , Powiat Wrzesiński