Wojciech Giertych

Wojciech Giertych, O.P.
Born	(1951-10-27) 27 October 1951 (age 65) Tottenham (London), England
Education	St Ignatius' College Adam Mickiewicz University The Angelicum
Parent(s)	Jędrzej and Maria Giertych
Church	Catholic Church
Ordained	1981
Congregations served	Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Congregation for the Causes of Saints
Offices held	Theologian of the Papal Household (2005 – present)
Title	Papal Theologian

Wojciech Giertych, O.P. (pronounced [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx ˈɡʲɛrtɨx]; born 27 September 1951) is a Polish Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order. He has served in the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household as Theologian of the Pontifical Household during the pontificates of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis.

Giertych, one of nine children, was born in London, England in 1951 to writer Jędrzej Giertych and his wife Maria, six years after his family emigrated from Warsaw. His brother is Polish politician Maciej Giertych. Two of his sisters entered religious life.

Giertych began his studies at St Ignatius' College in Stamford Hill. After completing his studies at St Ignatius' in 1970, he studied history at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. After graduating from the university, he joined the Dominican novitiate in 1975. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1981 in Kraków. He is an alumnus of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, Italy, from which he obtained a licentiate in spiritual theology in 1983 and a doctorate in 1989 with a dissertation entitled The new law as a rule for acts. Giertych has been a professor of moral theology at the Angelicum since 1994. Since 1998, he has held various roles as a member of the General Council of the Dominicans.