Piotr Libera

His Excellency
Piotr Libera
Bishop of Płock
Church Roman Catholic
Diocese Diocese of Płock
Appointed 2 May 2007
Installed 31 May 2007
Predecessor Stanisław Wielgus
Orders
Ordination 15 April 1976
by Herbert Bednorz
Consecration 6 January 1997
by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born (1951-03-20) March 20, 1951
Szopienice, Poland
Previous post Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (1997-2007)
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Piotr Libera (born 1951) is a Polish bishop. He was Suffragan bishop of Katowice from 1996 to 2007, and secretary general of the Episcopate of Poland (1998–2007).

Since May 2, 2007 Piotr Libera is the bishop of Płock. His public installation ceremony took place on May 31, 2007 in Masovian Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral in Płock.

In 2009, he excommunicated a journalist who had attempted to tape-record a religious confession in order to denounce corruption in the clergy.[1]

References

  1. KIPA article
Preceded by
Stanisław Wielgus
Bishop of Płock
since 2007
Succeeded by
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