page_title: Henryk Hoser
hierarchical_section_title: Henryk Hoser
caption_attribution_description: English: Archpishop Henryk Hoser in Arcueil, France, in 2009. Polski: Abp Henryk Hoser w Arcueil pod Paryżem, 2009.
context_page_description: Henryk Hoser is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church. He was bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga in Poland from 2008 to 2017.
  Hoser was trained as a physician before joining the Pallottines in 1969.
  He was president of the Pontifical Mission Societies before he was elevated to the title of archbishop ad personam in 2005 by Pope John Paul II. On May 24, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to head Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga. He is a member of the Presidium of the Polish Episcopal Conference and heads the Team of Experts on Bioethics. Bishop Hoser is a staunch opponent of in vitro fertilisation.
  On 11 February 2017, Pope Francis named Bishop Hoser his special envoy to Medjugorje, tasked with assessing the pastoral needs of that place of pilgrimage.
  Archbishop Hoser delivered Pope Francis his examination of the pastoral situation of Medjugorje in the summer of 2017. He was explicitly tasked by the Pope to assess the pastoral situation and not the doctrinal situation which was done by Cardinal Ruini.
  However he made it clear that he thought very highly of the Medjugorje phenomenon.
context_section_description: Henryk Hoser (born 27 November 1942) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church. He was bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga in Poland from 2008 to 2017.
  Hoser was trained as a physician before joining the Pallottines in 1969. 
  He was president of the Pontifical Mission Societies before he was elevated to the title of archbishop ad personam in 2005 by Pope John Paul II. On May 24, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to head Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga.  He is a member of the Presidium of the Polish Episcopal Conference and heads the Team of Experts on Bioethics.  Bishop Hoser is a staunch opponent of in vitro fertilisation.
  On 11 February 2017, Pope Francis named Bishop Hoser his special envoy to Medjugorje, tasked with assessing the pastoral needs of that place of pilgrimage.
  Archbishop Hoser delivered Pope Francis his examination of the pastoral situation of Medjugorje in the summer of 2017. He was explicitly tasked by the Pope to assess the pastoral situation and not the doctrinal situation which was done by Cardinal Ruini.
  However he made it clear that he thought very highly of the Medjugorje phenomenon. After his resignation as archbishop of the diocese of Warszawa-Praga on December 8, 2017  he was made Apostolic Visitor for an undetermined time for Medjugorje by Pope Francis on May 31, 2018.
caption: Henryk Hoser in 2009
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