Józef Michalik
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His Excellency Józef Michalik |
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| Archbishop of Przemyśl President of the Polish Episcopal Conference |
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Józef Michalik
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| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Przemyśl |
| Appointed | 17 April 1993 |
| Installed | 2 May 1993 |
| Term ended | 30 April 2016 |
| Predecessor | Ignacy Tokarczuk |
| Successor | Adam Szal |
| Other posts |
President of the Polish Episcopal Conference (2004-2014) Vice-President of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (2011-2014) |
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| Ordination | 23 May 1964 by Czeslaw Falkowski |
| Consecration | 16 October 1986 by Pope John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 20, 1941 Zambrów, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Previous post | Bishop of Gorzów (1986-1993) |
| Motto | Numine Tuo Domine |
| Coat of arms |  |
Józef Michalik (born April 20, 1941 in Zambrów) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, the diocesan Bishop of the Zielona Góra-Gorzów diocese in 1986-1993 (to 1992 of Gorzów), Archbishop of Przemyśl in 1993-2016, and the President of the Polish Episcopal Conference in 2004-2014.
In the years 1958-1964, he studied at a Seminary in Łomża where he was ordained a priest on May 23, 1964. He studied dogmatic theology at Catholic Theological Academy in Warsaw and later at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, where in 1972, he received a doctorate in theology. In 1973, he was appointed vice-chancellor of the diocesan curia in Łomża. In October 1985, he became head of the Office of Youth Affairs at the Pontifical Council for the Laity.
On October 1, 1986, he was appointed bishop of the diocese of Gorzów. On October 16, 1986 in the Vatican he was ordained as bishop by Pope John Paul II. On March 25, 1992, after the reorganization of structures of the dioceses in Poland, Michalik was appointed the first diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów.
On April 17, 1993, he was appointed Archbishop of Przemyśl the Latin rite. On May 2, 1993, he made an ingres (ingressus) at the Cathedral of Przemyśl.
In the Polish Episcopal Conference for 10 years Michalik served as: Chairman of the Committee for the Pastoral Care of the Academic Vice-President of the Commission for the Pastoral Care of the General and President of the Commission for the Pastoral Care of the Laity. Is chairman of the CEP for Polonia and Poles Abroad. In 1999, he was deputy chairman of the Polish Episcopal Conference. March 18, 2004 elected chairman of the Polish Episcopal Conference, re-elected for a second term March 10, 2009.
In 1994, he was elected chairman of the Commission for the Laity in the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE). September 30, 2011 at the plenary meeting of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) in Tirana has been elected Vice-President CCEE.
Since 1990, a consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, and a member of the Congregation for Bishops.
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