Appointment of Almoner of His Holiness, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity

Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Łódź, Poland

Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Łódź, Poland

The Holy Father has appointed His Eminence Cardinal Konrad Krajewski as metropolitan archbishop of Łódź, Poland, transferring him from the office of Almoner of His Holiness, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity.

Curriculum vitae

His Eminence Cardinal Konrad Krajewski was born in Łódź, Poland, on 25 November 1963. After entering the diocesan seminary of Łódź in 1982, he obtained a degree in theology from the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.

He was ordained a priest on 11 June 1988.

After ordination, he first served as parish vicar in Rusiec and in Łódź. He was awarded a licentiate at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Saint Anselm in Rome, and a doctorate in theology with a specialization in liturgy from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He went on to serve as collaborator in the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, chaplain of the Orthopaedic and Traumatology Clinic of La Sapienza University in Rome; Master of Ceremonies of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź; lecturer at the diocesan Seminary and the Franciscan and Salesian Seminaries of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Łódź; lecturer at the Academy in Warsaw; prefect of the diocesan Seminary in Warsaw; and Papal Master of Ceremonies at the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff.

In 2013 he was appointed Almoner of His Holiness and titular archbishop of Benevento, receiving episcopal consecration the following 17 September.

He was created and proclaimed Cardinal by Pope Francis in the Consistory of 28 June 2018, of the deanery of Santa Maria Immacolata all’Esquilino. From 2022 to date, he has served as prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity (Apostolic Almoner).

Appointment of Almoner of His Holiness, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity

The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A., titular of Suliana, until now undersecretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod, as Almoner of His Holiness, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, conferring to him the dignity of Archbishop.