Andrzej Gontarek

Andrzej Gontarek (born May 10, 1970, in Głowaczów[1]) is a Polish Old Catholic clergyman and theologian, serving as the bishop of the Warsaw diocese and the primate of the Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland since 2023.

[2] In his youth, Gontarek belonged to the Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption and Queen of Peace in Studzianki Pancerne [pl], where he served as an altar boy.

He also cared for the Polish Catholic community in Rozkopaczew and, from 2017, administered the Parish of Our Lady of the Angels [pl] in Kosarzew-Stróża.

Since April 2023, he had been the acting ordinary of the Warsaw diocese, the chairman of the Synodal Council, and the primate of the Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland.

[6] On June 13, 2023, he was elected bishop-primate of the church, simultaneously serving as the ordinary of the Warsaw diocese and the chairman of the Synodal Council.