Secretary of John Paul II : new archbishop of Krakow

[Sarah_Jane]

VATICAN CITY, JUN 3, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, adjunct prefect of the Pontifical Household, as metropolitan archbishop of Krakow (area 5,730, population 1,618,593, Catholics 1,566,555, priests 2,026, religous 4,841), Poland. The metropolitan archbishop-elect was born in Raba Wyzna, Poland, in 1939. From 1966 to 1978 he acted as private secretary to Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of Krakow and, following the latter’s election as Pope John Paul II, continued to act as his private secretary throughout his pontificate from 1978 to 2005. He was ordained a bishop by John Paul II in 1998 and elevated to the dignity of archbishop in 2003. He succeeds Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese was accepted by the Holy Father, upon having reached the age limit.

Source : 212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vis/dinamiche/c1_en.htm

 

[Annunciata]

Wow this is such good news as I was just wondering what would become of him…I new it would be good…

 

[aisb23]

It’s not surprising, papal private secretaries usually wind up bishops somewhere, sort of as a reward for all the years of hard work.

John Magee who was Paul VI’s last secretary, John Paul I’s, and JP2’s along with Dwiwisz for the first couple years is now a bishop in Ireland.

–arthur

 

[Franze]

Good news

 

[Lonevoice]

Yup.

I was hoping that something would come out of this for him. He spent many years in service to JPII (of blessed memory) I imagine that it was really hard for him to lose his friend and mentor, as it was for us all.

On another note, is anyone else having trouble getting used to hearing a new pope’s name during Mass?

Vivat B16!!!