Radoslaw Zmitrowicz

Bishop Radoslaw Zmitrowicz, O.M.I. (Ukrainian: Радослав Змітрович; Polish: Radosław Zmitrowicz; born 2 September 1962 in Wrzeszcz, Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish-born Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate, who serves as an Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi and the Titular Bishop of Gypsaria since 21 October 2006.

Radoslaw Zmitrowicz, O.M.I.
Titular Bishop of Gypsaria,
Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed29 November 2012
SuccessorIncumbent
Other postsSuperior of the Delegature of Missionary Oblates in Ukraine (2006–2012)
Orders
Ordination17 June 1989 (Priest)
by Stanisław Napierała
Consecration9 February 2013 (Bishop)
by Leon Dubrawski
Personal details
Birth nameRadosław Zmitrowicz
Born (1962-09-02) 2 September 1962
Wrzeszcz, Gdańsk, Polish People's Republic

Life

Bishop Zmitrowicz was born in the Roman-Catholic family in the suburb of Gdańsk. After graduation from the school and lyceum education, he joined the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1981;[1] he made a solemn profession on May 21, 1987, and was ordained as priest on June 17, 1989,[2] after graduation from the Major Missionary Oblates Theological Seminary in Obra, Poland, and Theological faculty of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.[1]

After his ordination he served in the different Missionary Oblates institutions in Poland from 1989 until 1997, when he was transferred to Turkmenistan in the newly created Mission sui iuris of Turkmenistan. After 2000 he worked in Ukraine. Fr. Zmitrowicz served in the Missionary Oblates parishes in Chernihiv, Slavutych and Kiev, until 2006, when he was appointed as a Superior of the Delegature of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Ukraine.[1]

On November 29, 2012, he was appointed by the Pope Benedict XVI as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi and Titular Bishop of Gypsaria. On February 9, 2013, he was consecrated as bishop by Bishop Leon Dubrawski and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]

References
  1. "Радослав Змітрович OMI". Official Website of the Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. "Bishop Radosław Zmitrowicz, O.M.I." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
José Roberto Ospina Leongómez		 Titular Bishop of Gypsaria
2012–		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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