Slawomir Szkredka Explained

Honorific Prefix:His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Sławomir Stanisław Szkredka
Honorific Suffix:S.S.D.
Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles
Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris
Church:Catholic
Archdiocese:Los Angeles
Appointed:July 18, 2023
Enthroned:September 26, 2023
Other Post:Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris
Professor, St. John's Seminary
Ordination:January 12, 2002
Ordained By:Roger Mahony
Consecration:September 26, 2023
Consecrated By:José Horacio Gómez, Gerald Eugene Wilkerson, and Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan
Birth Date:12 May 1974
Birth Place:Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland
Alma Mater:SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary
Pontifical Biblical Institute
Motto:Quodcumque Dixerit Facite
(Whatever He tells you, do)
Sławomir Stanisław Szkredka
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Sławomir Stanisław Szkredka (born May 12, 1974) is a Polish-born priest of the Catholic Church and biblical scholar who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California since 2023.[1]

Biography

Early life

Slawomir Szkredka was born on May 12, 1974, in Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland. He knew that he wanted to be a priest from an early age, and began studies at the Metropolitan Seminary in Krakow, Poland, following high school.[2] [3]

Szkredka eventually transferred to SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a Master of Theology degree in 2002.[4]

Priesthood

Szkredka was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at St. Mel Parish in Woodland Hills, California, by Cardinal Roger Mahony on January 12, 2002.[5]

Following his ordination, Szkredka served as parochial vicar at St. Genevieve Parish in Panorama City and at St. John the Baptist Parish in Baldwin Park. In 2008, he went to Rome to begin graduate studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He earned his Doctor of Sacred Scripture degree in 2015 and returned to Los Angeles to serve as a professor and formator at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California.

Episcopacy

On July 18, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Szkredka as an auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles and the titular bishop of Vicus Turris.[6] Archbishop José Gómez consecrated Szkredka as a bishop on September 26, 2023, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, with Bishop Gerald Wilkerson and Auxiliary Bishop Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan serving as co-consecrators.[7]

Szkredka has published academic papers and a book titled Icon of Trust: Mary in the Gospels of Luke and John.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rinunce e nomine . 2023-07-18 . press.vatican.va.
  2. Web site: 2023-07-18 . Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA Archdiocese . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718145135/https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/four-new-auxiliary-bishops-la/ . 18 July 2023 . 2023-07-18 . Angelus . en-US.
  3. Web site: Briscoe . Daren . 2002-01-13 . Three New Priests Ordained in L.A. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718162110/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-13-me-22387-story.html . 18 July 2023 . 2023-07-18 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  4. Web site: Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Los Angeles USCCB . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718143610/https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/pope-francis-names-new-auxiliary-bishops-los-angeles . 18 July 2023 . 2023-07-18 . www.usccb.org . en.
  5. Web site: Bishop Sławomir Stanisław Szkredka [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. 2024-02-14 . www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  6. News: Pope picks four LA County priests to become auxiliary bishops . July 18, 2023 .
  7. Web site: 2023-07-18 . Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA Archdiocese . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718145135/https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/four-new-auxiliary-bishops-la/ . 18 July 2023 . 2023-07-18 . Angelus . en-US.