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Robert Fedek
Polish-American bishop-elect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Miroslaw Fedek (born July 7, 1979) is a Polish-born priest of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois since 2025.
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Early life
Fedek was born on July 7, 1979, in Bielsko-Biała, Poland.[1] He attended the Academy of Theology in Kraków before moving to the United States and attending first Bishop Abramowicz Seminary in Chicago and then Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois.
Priesthood
On May 21, 2005, Fedek was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Chicago at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago by Cardinal Francis Eugene George.[2][1]
After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Fedek as an associate pastor at Saint Mary of the Annunciation Parish in Mundelein. He was named assistant vocation director for Vicariate I in 2007. Fedek was transferred in 2010 to serve as pastor of Our Lady of Victory Parish in Chicago.[3]
Fedek was named as coordinator of the Polish Ministry Council in 2015 and in 2017 was reassigned as pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Chicago. In 2020, Cardinal Blase Cupich named Fedek as his administrative secretary.[3]
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Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago
Pope Francis appointed Fedek as an auxiliary bishop of Chicago and titular bishop of Dardanus on December 20, 2024.[2][3][4] Fedek was consecrated as a bishop on February 26, 2025 at Holy Name Cathedral by Cardinal Blase Cupich.[5][1]
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