Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski

Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski ( (born December 18, 1961) is a Polish-born Catholic prelate who has served as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York since 2014.

Biography Early life and education Andrzej Zglejszewski was born on December 18, 1961, in Czarna Bialostocka, Poland to Tadeusz and Anna Zglejszewski. He has a sister Ewa. Deciding to become a priest, Zglejszewski studied philosophy and theology in his home town.

Zglejszewski moved to the United States in 1987 and finished his studies for the priesthood at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, New York. Zglejszewski later studied sacramental theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and theology at Fordham University in New York City.

After his 1990 ordination, the diocese in 1991 assigned Zglejszewski as associate pastor at St. Christopher Parish in Baldwin, New York. He was transferred in 1995 to serve as assistant pastor at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in West Hempstead, New York. After working at St. Thomas for seven years, Zglejszewski in 2002 was appointed pastor at St. Rose of Lima Parish in Massapequa, New York.

Zglejszewski left St. Rose in 2007 after Bishop William F. Murphy appointed him as director of the Office of Worship for the diocese and as the co-chancellor. Zglejszewski also served as an adjunct professor teaching in the diaconate formation program at Immaculate Conception Seminary.

Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre Pope Francis named Zglejszewski the titular bishop of Nicives and an auxiliary bishop of Rockville Centre on February 11, 2014. He was consecrated in St. Agnes Cathedral on March 25, 2014, by Bishop William Murphy. Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone and Auxiliary Bishop Robert J. Brennan were the principal co-consecrators.