Janusz Kotański

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Janusz Kotański
Poland Ambassador to the Holy See
In office
23 June 2016 – 15 May 2022
Preceded byPiotr Nowina-Konopka
Succeeded byAdam Kwiatkowski
Personal details
Born (1957-04-29) 29 April 1957 (age 67)
Warsaw
NationalityPolish
SpouseAnna
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionHistorian, teacher, diplomat

Janusz Andrzej Kotański (born 29 April 1957 in Warsaw) is a Polish historian and teacher, he served as the Polish Ambassador to the Holy See from 2016 to 2022.

Life[edit]

Janusz Kotański was born in 1957 in Warsaw. In 1983, he has earned his master's degree from the University of Warsaw, Faculty of History. He has been studying also law.[1]

He was working as a high school teacher and as a specialist at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, as well as at the Polish Information Agency and as a historian at the Institute of National Remembrance and at the Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński.[2]

In 2016 he was nominated ambassador to the Holy See, accredited also to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He presented his credentials to Pope Francis on 23 June 2016.[3] He ended his term on 15 May 2022.[4][5]

He is married.[2]

Works[edit]

  • Polacy w ZSRR 1917–1947 (co-author), Warszawa 1990
  • Wiersze, Warszawa 1991
  • Krym i inne wiersze, Kraków 1993
  • 44 wiersze, Warszawa 1999
  • Ksiądz Jerzy Popiełuszko, Warszawa 2004, 2010
  • Kropla, Warszawa 2006
  • Czas przemian 1979–1989. Znaczenie pierwszych trzech pielgrzymek Jana Pawła II do Ojczyzny, Warszawa 2010
  • Nic niemożliwego, Warszawa 2011
  • Prymas Stefan Wyszyński w służbie Bogu, człowiekowi i narodowi, Warszawa 2011
  • Głos, Warszawa: Fronda PL 2014

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 27/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  2. ^ a b "Ambasador". stolicaapostolska.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  3. ^ "Nowy ambasador RP przy Stolicy Apostolskiej Janusz Kotański". www.archivioradiovaticana.va (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  4. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 11 kwietnia 2022 r. nr 110.16.2022 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  5. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 11 kwietnia 2022 r. nr 110.17.2022 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-05-08.