General Council

Fr. Robert Rapinczuk CR2Fr. Robert Paweł Rapińczuk CR
was born on June 3, 1979, in Złotów in Greater Poland. After graduating from NSD CR in Poznań, he entered the Resurrectionists’ novitiate and made his first vows on September 15, 1998. After studies in Kraków (PAT) and Rome (PUG), he made his perpetual profession. He received the diaconate ordination in the parish of St. Maurice in Acilia. Cardinal Stanisław Nagy ordained him to the priesthood on April 17, 2004, in Kraków. He served in pastoral ministry in Bytom, Złocieniec, at the Center for Evangelization and Prayer in Stryszawa, then as vice-rector at the Resurrectionist Theological Seminary in Kraków. He worked as a catechist in Wola Duchacka and at the Montessori Middle School in Kraków, and later in Sosnowiec. Since 2020, he has been the rector of the juniorate and pastor in Gdańsk. During the 34th General Chapter in Rome, he was elected Vicar General (2023).

 Fr. Andrzej Gieniusz CR2Fr. Andrzej Gieniusz CR
was born on December 7, 1958, in Szczecin, made his first vows on August 15, 1978, and was ordained on April 28, 1984. After ordination, he served as socius to the novice master in Radziwiłłów Mazowiecki (1984–1986), vice-rector of the Collegium Resurrectionis in Rome (1986–1990), and then its rector until 2005. He has been the postulator general of the Congregation since December 15, 2016. He was elected general councillor at the 33rd General Chapter (2017). He served as superior of the Roman House of the Congregation from 2017 to 2023. He was re-elected as general councillor at the 34th General Chapter (2023).

He attended secondary school within the Minor Seminary of the Resurrectionists in Poznań (1974–1977), undertook basic philosophical-theological studies at the Missionary Seminary in Kraków (1976–1984), and earned a licentiate in Biblical Theology at the then Pontifical Theological Academy in Kraków (1984–1986). He specialized in biblical studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, earning a doctorate in biblical sciences in 1998. Since the 1999/2000 academic year, he has been a lecturer in missiology and theology at the Pontifical Urban University. Since 2002, he has served as secretary and scientific editor of the quarterly "Biblica," the scholarly journal of the Pontifical Biblical Institute. Since 2016, he has been a member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the "Millennium Bible." He is the author of several books (including *Romans 8:18-30. 'Suffering Does Not Thwart Future Glory.'*, Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press 1999; *“Inesperto nell’arte di parlare”? (2 Cor 11,6): Retorica al servizio del Vangelo*, Vatican City: Urbaniana University Press 2018) and many articles on exegesis and biblical theology in prestigious Polish and international journals.

Fr. Krzysztof Swol CR2Fr. Krzysztof Jan Swół CR
was born on December 13, 1967, in Kraków. On May 12, 1994, through the ministry of Bishop Maximilian Aichern OSB of Linz, he received priestly ordination. He worked as a vicar in Bytom and Poznań, and then served as vocations minister residing at the Vocations Center "Emmaus" in Mszana Górna. In 2005, he became pastor of the Parish of the Resurrection of the Lord in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz and custodian of the Archdiocesan Sanctuary of Divine Mercy. On September 1, 2014, he assumed the duties of rector of the Higher Spiritual Seminary of the Resurrectionists in Kraków. For the last eight years, he served as Provincial Superior of the Polish Province of the Resurrectionists.