Grzegorz Balcerek

Priestly ministry

After being ordained a priest, Balcerek served as the vicar of several newly created parishes in the Poznań archdiocese. From 1979 to 1983 Balcerek was the pastor at Our Lady Help of Christians in Swarzędz, and then from 1983 to 1986 he was the pastor of the Church of God's Mercy in Poznań. In 1986 he was ordered to build a church and organize a parish on the estate. Bolesław the Brave in Poznań and the following year he was appointed rector of the newly created pastoral center there: Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Redeemer. Balcerek has also hosted the traditionalist Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter on multiple occasions.

In a 2019 homily at Poznań Cathedral, Balcerek suggested that the secularization of Europe was divine punishment for the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church.