Sławomir Szkredka

Sławomir Stanisław Szkredka (born May 12, 1974) is a Polish American Catholic prelate and biblical scholar who has serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Biography Early life Szkredka was born on May 12, 1974, in Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland. He knew that he wanted to be a priest from an early age, and began studies at the Metropolitan Seminary in Kraków, Poland, following high school. Szkredka eventually transferred to SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and a Master of Theology degree in 2002. Priesthood Szkredka was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at St. Mel Parish in Woodland Hills, California, by Cardinal Roger Mahony on January 12, 2002.

Following his ordination, Szkredka served as parochial vicar at St. Genevieve Parish in Panorama City and at St. John the Baptist Parish in Baldwin Park. In 2008, he went to Rome to begin graduate studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. Archbishop José Gómez consecrated Szkredka as a bishop on September 26, 2023, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, with Bishop Gerald Wilkerson and Auxiliary Bishop Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan serving as co-consecrators.

On September 19, 2025, through Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, it was announced that Szkredka was appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Monterey.

Szkredka has published academic papers and a book titled Icon of Trust: Mary in the Gospels of Luke and John.