Vatican City, Jun 2, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Pope Benedict XVI appointed today Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, adjunct prefect of the Pontifical Household and former Pope John Paul II's personal Secretary, as the new Archbishop of Krakow, the second largest diocese in Poland.
"Don Stanislao," as he was known in Rome’s circles, was born in Raba Wyzna, Poland, in 1939. From 1966 to 1978 he acted as private secretary to Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of Krakow and, following the latter's election as Pope John Paul II, continued to act as his private secretary throughout his pontificate from 1978 to 2005.
He was ordained a bishop by John Paul II in 1998 and elevated to the dignity of archbishop in 2003.
He succeeds Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, whose resignation was accepted by the Vatican 3 years after it was submitted.