Bishop Joseph Dabrowski

Most Rev. Joseph Dabrowski, CSMA
Auxiliary Bishop of London
 
Bishop Joseph Dabrowski was born in 1964 in Poland, the second of five children. The son of Czesława and Ludwik, he grew up in Wysoka Strzyżowska, a small village in the south of Poland.
 
After graduating from a high school run by the Michaelite Fathers, he chose to enter the Michaelite religious order.
 
After completing one year of the Novitiate he made his first profession in 1982. After one year of internship in Poland, he was selected to study in Italy at the Institute of Philosophy and Theology of Saint Peter in Viterbo. He graduated from the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm in Rome, obtaining his Master of Divinity.
 
He was ordained to the Priesthood on May 4, 1991 at the Pontifical Sanctuary of Santa Maria ad Rupes, Italy. Four days later, he was assigned to join the Michaelite Fathers community in London, Ontario.
 
“Fr. Joe”, as he has been affectionately known by his parishioners in the past, has served as Associate Pastor at Our Lady of Czestochowa in London from 1992-1993; St. Michael in Leamington from 1993-1996; St. Pius X (now Holy Family) in London from 1996-1997; and St. Mary in London from 1997-1998.
 
In 1998 he was named Pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in London, where he served until he was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of London on 14 April 2015 at St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica in London, Ontario.
 
In the Michaelite community, Bishop Joseph has served as Vice Superior, Vice Provincial, and Provincial of North American Vice Province.
 
At the Diocesan level, Bishop Joseph has served on a number of different committees such as the Council of Priests, the Ministry to Priests Team, Spiritual Director for St. Peter’s Seminary, the advisory board for St. Peter’s Cemetery, and the Ethnic Communities Committee. 
 
Bishop Dabrowski, a member of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), was appointed as Catholic co-chair to the Roman Catholic / Evangelical Dialogue (Episcopal Commission for Christian Unity), and as a member of the Episcopal Commission for Evangelization and Catechesis. As a member of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario, Bishop Joseph was appointed to serve on the Commission for Priests Committee, and act as Bishop Liaison to the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education (OAPCE). 
 
Bishop Joseph enjoys serving and speaking with the faithful of many cultures, and celebrating the Catholic faith in many languages. He speaks English, Polish, Italian, Spanish, and French, and has previously studied Russian and Latin.