Grzegorz Ryś


Grzegorz Ryś
Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków
Ryś in 2024
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseKraków
Appointed26 November 2025
Installed20 December 2025
PredecessorMarek Jędraszewski
Other postCardinal-Priest of Santi Cirillo e Metodio (2023-)
Previous posts
Orders
Ordination22 May 1988
by Franciszek Macharski
Consecration28 September 2011
by Stanisław Dziwisz
Created cardinal30 September 2023
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1964-02-09) 9 February 1964
MottoVirtus in infirmitate
(Power in weakness)
Signature
Coat of arms
Ordination history of
Grzegorz Ryś
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byFranciszek Macharski
Date22 May 1988
PlaceThe Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus on the Wawel Hill
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorStanisław Dziwisz
Co-consecratorsFranciszek Macharski
Stanisław Ryłko
Date28 September 2011
PlaceThe Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus on the Wawel Hill
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date30 September 2023
Styles of
Grzegorz Ryś
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Religious styleCardinal
Informal styleCardinal

Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś (born 9 February 1964) is a Polish Catholic prelate, academic and theologian who has served as Archbishop of Kraków since 2025. He was previously an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kraków from 2011 to 2017 and Archbishop of Łódź from 2017 to 2025. He also served as an apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Kalisz from 2020 to 2021. Pope Francis made Ryś a cardinal in 2023.