Slawomir Szkredka

Sławomir Stanisław Szkredka (born May 12, 1974) is a Polish-born priest of the Catholic Church and biblical scholar who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California since 2023.

Early life
Slawomir Szkredka was born on May 12, 1974, in Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland. He knew that he wanted to be a priest from an early age, and began studies at the Metropolitan Seminary in Krakow, Poland, following high school.

Szkredka eventually transferred to SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a Master of Theology degree in 2002.

Priesthood
Szkredka was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at St. Mel Parish in Woodland Hills, California, by Cardinal Roger Mahony on January 12, 2002.

Following his ordination, Szkredka served as parochial vicar at St. Genevieve Parish in Panorama City and at St. John the Baptist Parish in Baldwin Park. In 2008, he went to Rome to begin graduate studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He earned his Doctor of Sacred Scripture degree in 2015 and returned to Los Angeles to serve as a professor and formator at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California.

Episcopacy
On July 18, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Szkredka as an auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles and the titular bishop of Vicus Turris. Archbishop José Gómez consecrated Szkredka as a bishop on September 26, 2023, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, with Bishop Gerald Wilkerson and Auxiliary Bishop Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan serving as co-consecrators.

Szkredka has published academic papers and a book titled Icon of Trust: Mary in the Gospels of Luke and John.