Concordat of 1993

The Concordat of 1993 is an international agreement between the Holy See of the Catholic Church and the Republic of Poland. It was signed on 28 July 1993 in Warsaw by Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, and Krzysztof Skubiszewski, Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[1]

Concordat of 1993

Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Poland, signed in Warsaw on 28 July 1993
Type	Concordat
Signed	28 July 1993 (1993-07-28)
Location	Warsaw, Poland
Ratified	23 February 1998
Effective	25 April 1998
Condition	One month after instruments of ratification were exchanged
Signatories	Józef Kowalczyk Krzysztof Skubiszewski
Parties	Holy See Poland
Ratifiers	John Paul II Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Citations	Dz.U. 1998 nr 51 poz. 318
Languages	Italian Polish

Ratification of the concordat was delayed for more than four years. The Sejm, elected in 1993, did not approve the ratification during its term. The approval was ultimately passed on 8 January 1998 by the new parliament elected in 1997.^[2] President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Pope John Paul II both ratified the treaty on 23 February 1998, and the instruments of ratification were exchanged on 25 March 1998 in Vatican City.^[3]

The concordat came into force one month later, on 25 April 1998.^[1]

See also

• Holy See–Poland relations