Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś (born 9 February 1964) is a Polish Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Łódź since 2017.
[3] In 1994, Ryś earned a doctorate in theological sciences based on his dissertation about Medieval folk piety in Poland.
[3] On 29 June 2018 was given his pallium in a ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome,[10] and it was imposed on him on 5 October 2018 in the Łódź cathedral by Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, the Apostolic Nuncio in Poland.
[11] In 2018, Ryś convened the fourth synod in the history of the Archdiocese of Łódź, which considered introducing a permanent diaconate to combat the shortage of priests.
[12] In 2019, he introduced a permanent diaconate within his archdiocese,[13] and also created the International Diocesan Missionary Seminary for the new Evangelization of Redemptoris Mater for seminarians who are part of the Neocatechumenal Way.
[14] On 25 June 2020 Ryś was appointed by Pope Francis as the Apostolic Administrator sede plena for the Diocese of Kalisz while Bishop Edward Janiak was investigated on charges he had protected "predator priests" who engaged in acts of sex abuse.