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Bishop Artur Ważny

Bishop of Sosnowiec

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Born
Oct 12, 1966 Rzeszów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland
Nationality
Poland
Ordained priest
May 25, 1991 ul. Pilsudskiego 6, Poland
Ordained bishop
Jan 30, 2021 Tarnów, Titular
Appointed
May 8, 2024
Principal consecrator
Andrzej Jeż
Co-consecrators
Salvatore Pennacchio Stanisław Budzik
Education
Higher Theological Seminary in Tarnów

Bishop Artur Ważny was born on 12 October 1966 in Rzeszów, Poland. He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at the major seminary of Tarnów. He was ordained a priest on 25 May 1991. After ordination, he first served as parish vicar of Our Lady of Sorrows in Linanowa (1991-1995) and Mary Queen of Poland in Tarnów-Mościce (1995-1999). He was awarded a licentiate in pastoral theology from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warszawa, and went on to serve as director of the diocesan Youth Pastoral Care (1996) and the University Pastoral Care (2003) Offices, parish priest of Mary Queen of Poland (2007-2014), director of the diocesan New Evangelization Office (2014-2019), canon of the Collegial Chapter of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist in Mielec (2017), and director of the Office for the Permanent Formation of the Clergy (2019-2020). On 12 December 2020 he was appointed titular bishop of Mazaca and auxiliary of Tarnów, and was consecrated the following 30 January. Msgr. Artur Ważny was born on 12 October 1966 in Rzeszów, in the same diocese. He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at the major seminary of Tarnów, the diocese where he was subsequently ordained a priest on 25 May 1991. Since priestly ordination he has served as vicar in the following parishes: Our Lady of Sorrows in Limanowa (1991-1995), and Mary Queen of Poland in Tarnów-Mościce (1995-1999). He then studied at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warszawa, where he was awarded a licentiate in pastoral theology. In 1996 he was appointed as director of the diocesan Office for Youth Pastoral Care and in 2003 he become director of the diocesan Office for University Pastoral Care. From 2007 to 2014 he served as parish priest of Mary Queen of Poland in Tarnów-Mościce and from 2014 to 2019, director of the diocesan Office for New Evangelisation. On 14 September 2010 he was granted the ministry of exorcist. On 25 December 2017 he was appointed as canon of the Collegial Chapter of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist in Mielac. From 2019 to the present he has served as director of the Office for the Permanent Formation of the Clergy and diocesan spiritual father.