Type: | Auxiliary Bishop |
Andrzej Iwaniecki | |
Auxiliary Bishop of Gliwice | |
Appointed: | 18 November 2017 |
Ordination: | 27 March 1985 |
Ordained By: | Damian Zimoń |
Consecration: | 7 January 2018 |
Consecrated By: | Jan Kopiec |
Birth Date: | 1960 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Siemianowice Śląskie, Polish People's Republic |
Nationality: | Polish |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of bishop Andrzej Iwanecki.svg |
Andrzej Iwanecki (born 3 November 1960 in Siemianowice Śląskie) is a Polish auxiliary bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gliwice.[1]
He was born into a Catholic family. Between 1979 and 1986, he studied philosophy and theology in the High Silesian Seminary . He began his studies in Kracow, then after one year the seminary was removed to Katowice. During study he worked as a miner in the coal mining area in Siemianowice for one year.
He was ordained a priest on 27 March 1985 by bishop Damian Zimoń in the cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice. He was later named Auxiliary Bishop of Gliwice by Pope Francis and consecrated by Jan Kopiec on 7 January the following year.