Krzysztof Włodarczyk

Krzysztof Stefan Włodarczyk (born 25 February 1961) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. He was Bishop of the Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg between 2016 and 2021 and of the Diocese of Bydgoszcz since 2021.

Life Krzysztof was born on 25 February 1961 in Sławno. He graduated from the local high school, matriculating to university in 1981. He would study at the Greater Theological Seminary in Gościkowie-Paradyżu and at the Greater Theological Seminary in Koszalin. Between 1993 and 1996, he studied theology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In 2005, he graduated from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw with a doctorate in pastoral theology; his dissertation was Model duchowości małżeńskiej i rodzinnej we współczesnych ruchach rodzinnych w Polsce. he would be consecrated on 11 June 2016 within Kołobrzeg Cathedral. He chose as his episcopal motto "Łaska, miłosierdzie, pokój" , which begins 1 and 2 Timothy.

On 21 September 2021, Pope Francis appointed Krzysztof as Bishop of the Diocese of Bydogszcz.