Artur Ważny

Ważny was born on 12 October 1966 in Rzeszów. In the years 1985–1991 he studied philosophy and theology at the Major Seminary in Tarnów. Ważny was ordained as a Presbyter on 25 May 1991 at the Tarnów Cathedral by the Bishop of Tarnów, Józef Życiński.^[1] He received his Licentiate of Sacred Theology in Pastoral theology at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw.^[2]

On 12 December 2020, Pope Francis appointed him as the new Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów as well as the Titular Bishop of Mazaca.^[3] He was consecrated on 30 January 2021 in the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Poland in Tarnów^[4] by the Bishop of Tarnów, Andrzej Jeż, with the help of the apostolic nuncio to Poland Salvatore Pennacchio and the Archbishop of Lublin, Stanisław Budzik. For his episcopal motto, he chose "Patris corde" (A fatherly heart).^[5]

On 23 April 2024, Pope Francis appointed him as the new Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec,^[6] a position he officially undertook on 8 May 2024.^[7]