[2] After completing his matura in 1958, he began attending the diocesan seminary in Łomża.
[4] Upon returning to Poland, Samsel served as prefect of studies at the diocesan seminary at Łomża between 1973 and 1974.
[3] Samsel was appointed auxiliary bishop of Łomża and titular bishop of Montecorvino on 20 April 1982, and was consecrated on 30 May 1982 in the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Łomża by Mikołaj Sasinowski, assisted by Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski and Edward Ozorowski.
As a result of the restructuring of the Catholic Church in Poland,[5] Samsel was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Ełk by John Paul II on 25 March 1992, and was appointed its bishop on 16 November 2000.
His funeral was held on 19 January and he was buried at the cathedral in Ełk.