Pope Francis names Polish priest as new bishop of Bunbury, Australia

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Pope Francis names Polish priest as new bishop for Western Australia diocese

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Bunbury, Western Australia. / Credit: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons CNA Newsroom, Jan 6, 2025 / 10:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed Father George Kolodziej, SDS, as the new bishop of a vast dioces... [...]

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Pope Francis names Polish priest as new bishop of Bunbury, Australia

Pope Francis on Jan. 6, 2025, appointed Father George Kolodziej, SDS, a Polish-born priest with extensive pastoral and counseling experience, as the new bishop of Bunbury, Western Australia. / Credit: Diocese of Bunbury, Western Australia CNA Newsroom, Jan 6, 2025 / 10:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed Father George Kolodziej, SDS, as the new bishop of a vast diocese in Western Australia, the Vatican announced Monday.The Polish-born Salva…

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Pope confirms appointment of new Bishop of Bunbury

Bishop-elect Fr George Kolodziej SDS. Photo: Supplied/ACBC. Fr George Kolodziej SDS has been confirmed by Pope Francis to be the fifth Bishop of Bunbury. The Diocese of Bunbury, covering southwest Western Australia, is an area one and a half times as large as England and covers 26 parishes in the state, serving just under 57,000 Catholics. The Polish-born priest has a storied history of chaplaincy in Western Australia since he was ordained in 19…

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Pope Francis has appointed Perth-based priest, Fr George Kolodziej SDS, to be the fifth Bishop of Bunbury. Fr George Kolodziej SDS Fr George, 56, was born in Dobra, Poland, and has been the Superior of the Salvatorians in Australia since October 2018. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe SDB, said the bishop-elect was “profoundly marked by the richness of his Salvatorian charism”. “Fr George wil…

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On the feast of the Epiphany, on January 6, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Polish Salvatorian Fr Jerzy Kolodziej SDS bishop of the Diocese of Bunbury in Australia, the Press Office of the Holy See reported. Jerzy Kołodź was born on 17 May 1968 in Dobra near Limanowa. Fr Jerzy's religious journey in the Salwatorian Congregation began on September 7, 1987, when Fr Jerzy Kołodź joined the SDS as bishop in Australia from Misyjne.pl.