The Catholic diocese of De Aar, South Africa, has a new bishop in Polish-born Adam Leszek Musialek, SCI.Pope Benedict XVI appointed Fr. Musialek on July 17, following the retirement of Bishop Joseph James Potocnak, SCI.
Bishop-designate Musialek was until his appointment the parish priest of Pietermaritzburg in the Archdiocese of Durban. He was born on May 9, 1957, in Wieruszow, in Poland, Diocese of Kalisz.
He made his first vows in the Institute of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehoniani) on September 11, 1977 and later made perpetual vows on December 6, 1981. He was ordained a priest on June 9, 1983.
Fr Musialek ministered as follows: 1983-1984: parish vicar, Chimelow; 1984-1986: assistant to the Master of Novices, Stopnica; 1986-1987: English language studies in the United States; 1987-1995: parish priest in De Aar; 1995-2001: Provincial Superior; 2001-2006: Director of the Dehonian House of Studies in Merryville, Pietermaritzburg; 2006-2007: sabbatical year in Poland; since 2007: parish priest in Pietermaritzburg (Archdiocese of Durban).
It has an area of 67,248 km. sq. and a population of 165,500 inhabitants, of which 5,824 are Catholic.
It has 8 parishes, 8 priests (4 diocesan and 4 religious) and 27 sisters.
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