Ryszard Karpiński

In the years 1949–1953 he was educated at the Minor Seminary in Lublin, where he obtained his private high school leaving examination in 1953.

In the years 1963–1969 he stayed in Rome, studying at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, graduating in 1966 with a licentiate in biblical sciences, and at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, where, based on his dissertation The concept of "Exousia" in the teaching of Jesus and the apostolic mission according to Saint.

In the years 1959–1960 he worked as a vicar in the parish of St. Teresa of the Child Jesus in Lublin and a religion teacher (prefect) at the local Primary School No.

During his studies in Rome, he went on vacation to France, Ireland, Austria, Germany and the United States, where he helped in pastoral work and improved his knowledge of foreign languages.

At the same time, he collaborated with the Polish section of Vatican Radio and the editorial office of "L'Osservatore Romano".

During this period, he taught Italian at the Catholic University of Lublin and lectured on the Holy Scripture at the Institute of Religious Culture.

[3] On December 31, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Lublin.

[8] In 2009, the President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, awarded him the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.