Wiesław Śpiewak
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Mons. Wiesław Śpiewak, C.R. | |
|---|---|
| Diocesan Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 13 June 2015 |
| Predecessor | Robert Kurtz |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Previous post | Provincial Superior of the Resurrectionists in Poland (2010–2015) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 19 May 1990 (Priest) by Stanisław Smoleński |
| Consecration | 1 October 2015 (Bishop) by Robert Kurtz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wiesław Śpiewak 19 October 1963 |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University, Academy of Theology in Kraków, Salesian Pontifical University |
Bishop Wiesław Śpiewak, C.R. (born 19 October 1963) is a Polish-born Bermudian Roman Catholic prelate who serves as the first Diocesan Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda since 13 June 2015.
Bishop Śpiewak was born into a Polish Roman Catholic family in Kraków and was parishioner of the Resurrection parish in Wola Duchacka district.[1]
After completion of his school education, he joined a religious congregation of the Resurrectionists and after the novitiate made a profession on 15 September 1984. He consequently studied philosophy at the Vincentian Institute in Kraków and continued his studies of theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, the master's degree at the Academy of Theology in Kraków and the licentiate of the Spirituality degree at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome[2] and was ordained a priest on 19 May 1990 by Bishop Stanisław Smoleński[3] in Kraków, after completed his philosophical and theological studies.
