Piotr Jarecki
Piotr Jarecki is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church, Doctor of Social Sciences, Auxilary Bishop of Warsaw since 1994.Biography
Piotr Jarecki was born on June 29th 1955 in Sierpc, Poland where he completed High School. Straight after graduating high school he entered the Seminary in Płock, however after two years he moved to the Higher Archdiocesan Seminary in Warsaw. He was ordained a priest on June 1 1980 by the Primate of Poland Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński. After completing his priestly formation he received a Doctorate in Social Sciences from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On April 16th 1994, he was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of Warsaw and Titular Bishop of Avissa by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated on the 23rd of April 1994 by the Primate of Poland and Archbishop of Warsaw Cardinal Józef Glemp.
As a Bishop he currently serves as: the Archdeacon of the Warsaw Metropolitan Chapter, Chairman of the Social Council and a member of the Council for Social Communications in the Episcopal Conference of Poland. Bishop Jarecki is also a member of the Episcopal Council, the Priestly Council and the College of Consultors of the Archdiocese of Warsaw. In the past he was also the vice-president of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community and the chair of the Apostolic Visit of Benedict XVI in 2006.
In October 2012, Bishop Jarecki was detained by the Polish police for driving under the influence of alcohol and causing a minor accident and crashing into a lamp in the centre of Warsaw. The bishop was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with conditional suspension of his performance for a two-year trial period, a fine of PLN 2,400, a four-year driving ban and a cash benefit of PLN 4,000 for the Victims Assistance Fund and Post-Penitentiary Assistance. After the road accident, he ceased to perform the duties of the bishop, as after the verdict of the court, the Holy See suspended him in episcopal functions. In March 2015, he temporarily resumed the duties of auxiliary bishop, and in November 2015 he was permanently restored to work in the archdiocese and again took office as vicar general.
