Appointment at Wąchock
On 22 October 2026, during the canonical visit to Wąchock Abbey and on the occasion of the end of his second ten-year term as Abbot of Wąchock, Abbot Eugeniusz Augustyn tendered his resignation from the office of Abbot of Wąchock Abbey, which also resulted in the office of Abbot-President of the Polish Cistercian Congregation becoming vacant.
The Abbot General and the Order extend their sincere thanks to Father Abbot Eugeniusz for his twenty years of service as Abbot of Wąchock, as well as for the more than five years during which he served as Abbot-President of the Polish Cistercian Congregation. May the Lord reward him for all the good he has done and shower him with His blessing, His peace and the strength needed to continue his service within the Church and our Order.
After the Abbey Chapter had approved by vote, in accordance with Article 85, § 3, of the Constitutions of the Cistercian Congregation of Poland, the appointment of a prior administrator for a term of one year, on 23 October 2026, the Abbot General appointed Fr Tymoteusz Kaczmarczyk, hitherto bursar of the community, as prior administrator of Wąchock Abbey for one year.
It now falls to the first assistant of the Polish Cistercian Congregation to convene the Chapter of the Congregation with a view to the election of the new presiding abbot.
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