Within the Polish Episcopal Conference, Archbishop Galbas is president of the Council for the Lay Apostolate and is a member of the conference’s permanent council.

Pope Francis has named Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas as the new metropolitan archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, accepting the resignation of Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, who will turn 75 in February.

The appointment was announced on Monday by the apostolic nunciature in Poland.

Archbishop Galbas, 56, has served as metropolitan archbishop of Katowice since May 2023. A member of the Pallottine Fathers, he previously served as auxiliary bishop of Ełk and earned his doctorate in spiritual theology from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University of Warsaw in 2012 .

inside the Polish Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Galbas serves as president of the Council for the Lay Apostolate and is a member of the conference’s permanent council.

Born in Bytom, Poland, in 1968, he made his final vows with the Pallottines in 1993 and was ordained a priest in 1994. Before becoming a bishop, he served as provincial superior of the Province of the Annunciation of the Pallottines from 2011 to 2019.

Pope Francis appointed him auxiliary bishop of Ełk in December 2019 and coadjutor archbishop of Katowice in December 2021. He became metropolitan archbishop of Katowice in May 2023.

The Archdiocese of Warsaw, established in 1798, serves as the main see of Poland and encompasses the capital city of Warsaw.

Cardinal Nycz led the archdiocese since 2007.