Background
Giertych, one of nine children, was born in London, England in 1951 to writer Jędrzej Giertych and his wife Maria, six years after his family emigrated from Warsaw.
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Giertych, one of nine children, was born in London, England in 1951 to writer Jędrzej Giertych and his wife Maria, six years after his family emigrated from Warsaw.
After completing his studies at Street Ignatius" in 1970, he studied history at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
He served as the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household as theologian to the Pope during Pope Benedict XVI"s pontificate. Giertych began his studies at Street Ignatius" College in Stamford Hill. After graduating from the university, he joined the Dominican novitiate in 1975.
He was ordained to the priesthood in 1981 in KrakóWest
He is an alumnus of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, Italy, from which he obtained a licentiate in spiritual theology in 1983 and a doctorate in 1989 with a dissertation entitled The new law as a rule for acts. Giertych has been a professor of moral theology at the Angelicum since 1994.
He was appointed theologian of the Papal Household on 1 December 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI. This post, which since the Middle Ages has been held by Dominicans, is tasked with providing advice to the Pope on theological issues, as well as checking papal texts for theological clarity. Giertych also serves on the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses and as a consultant to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the International Theological Commission, and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Giertych speaks Polish, English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, and Russian.
Since 1998, he has held various roles as a member of the General Council of the Dominicans.
