On May 10th, Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk, 71, as the archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland. He succeeds Archbishop Henryk Muszynski, who presented his resignation for reasons of age. Archbishop Kowalczyk had been serving as the apostolic nuncio to Poland since 1989. He witnessed firsthand the radical changes in his motherland.

 Interview – Zenit -.