Rome, Italy. In a letter communicated by the Secretary of State of the Vatican on April 29, 2019, Fr Krzysztof Gierat, CMF of the Province of Polska, has been appointed to serve at the office of the Secretariat of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (Addetto di Segreteria di 2.a classe). On this regard, Superior General, Fr. Mathew Vattamattam, CMF, assigns him to the Community of the General Curia in the service of the General Government and of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life dated June 13, 2019.

Fr. Krzysztof was born on April 5, 1965 in Dębiny, Województwo kujawsko-pomorskie, Poland. He made his First Profession in the Congregation on September 8, 1985 in Jelenia Gora and his Final Profession in Wrocław on the same date after four years. He was ordained priest on May 18, 1991 in Wrocław. He took his Doctorate in Canon Law at the Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski from October 1, 1991 to July 15, 1999. During the Provincial Chapter of Poland in 2004, he was elected Provincial Superior and served for two terms (2004 – 2010 and 2010 – 2016). At the time of his appointment to CICLSAL, he was the Local Superior of Misjonarze Klaretyni – Seminarium.