Zbigniew Zieliński

Zbigniew Zieliński (born 14 January 1965) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who is metropolitan archbishop of Poznań since 2025. He was bishop of the Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg from 2023 to 2025, after serving as bishop coadjutor there for a year. He was auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Gdańsk from 2015 to 2022.

Biography Zbigniew Jan Zieliński was born on 14 January 1965 in Gdańsk to Rupert and Teresa (née Karczewska) Zieliński. He completed high school at the Shipbuilding Technical School "Conradinum" in 1985. He studied at the major seminary of Gdańsk and on 18 May 1991 was ordained a priest of that archdiocese He received his episcopal consecration from Sławoj Leszek Głódź, Archbishop of Gdańsk, with Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, and Tadeusz Gocłowski, Archbishop emeritus of Gdańsk as co-consecrators, on 24 October. In the Polish Bishops' Conference, he became member of the Council for Social Affairs in November 2021 and in January 2022 its secretary. He succeeded as bishop upon the retirement of Bishop Edward Dajczak on 2 February 2023.

He was apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień from February to October 2024.

On 19 March 2025, Pope Francis named him metropolitan archbishop of Poznań. His installation was hold on 1 May 2025.