Bishop Adrian Put (born 4 November 1978) is a Polish Roman Catholic prelate, who currently serves as the Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor and Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów since 28 June 2022.


Adrian Put
Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor,
Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed28 June 2022
Orders
Ordination22 May 2004
by Adam Dyczkowski
Consecration13 August 2022
by Salvatore Pennacchio
Personal details
Born
Adrian Put

(1978-11-04) 4 November 1978 (age 45)
Alma materMajor Theological Seminary in Gościkowo,
University of Szczecin
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Early life and education

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Put was born in Szczecin in the Roman Catholic family, but since 1990 grew up in Gorzów Wielkopolski. As a youngster he participated in the Light-Life Movement.[1] After graduation of the primary school education and the classical liceum in Gmina Deszczno in 1998, he joined Major Theological Seminary in Gościkowo-Paradyż, Poland (1998–2004) and was ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów on 22 May 2004 at the St. Mary's Cathedral in Gorzów Wielkopolski by bishop Adam Dyczkowski,[2] after completed his philosophical and theological studies.[1]

Pastoral and administrative work

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In the years 2004–2009 he was an assistant priest in the parish of Visitation in Lubsko and during 2009–2011 assistant priest in the parish of the First Polish Martyrs in Gorzów Wielkopolski. In this time he continued his postgraduate studies at the University of Szczecin, Poland and in 2009 he obtained a Licentiate degree and in 2015 a Doctor of Theology degree in the field of the Ecclesiastical History.[1]

During 2015–2021 Fr. Put was the parish priest of the parish of St. Stanisław Kostka in Zielona Góra, and in 2021 he was appointed pastor of the Co-Cathedral of St. Hedwig of Silesia in Zielona Góra. In 2011 he became the auxiliary youth chaplain for the Light-Life Movement, in 2013 he became a member of the diocesan council for Catholic movements and associations, in 2016 he became the moderator of the diocesan Light-Life Movement, in 2017 he joined the diocesan pastoral council, and in 2019 he took over the leadership over the diocesan catechumenal center. Moreover, in 2022 he became a member of the diocesan liturgical commission. In 2021, he was appointed honorary canon of the Zielona Góra Collegiate Chapter of St. Jadwiga.[1]

Prelate

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On 28 June 2022 Fr. Put was appointed by Pope Francis as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów and Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor. On 13 August 2022 he was consecrated by archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the Co-Cathedral of St. Hedwig of Silesia in Zielona Góra.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Komunikat o nominacji biskupa pomocniczego diecezji zielonogórsko-gorzowskiej". Official Website of the Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów (in Polish). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Father Adrian Put". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor
2022–
Incumbent