Andrew Peter Wypych

Who is Andrew Peter Wypych?

Andrew Peter Wypych is a Polish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as an Auxiliary Bishop and Episcopal Vicar of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Wypych was born in Kazimierza Wielka, Poland, and attended elementary and secondary schools there. He attended seminary in Kraków, Poland, graduating with his Masters in Theology. He was ordained April 29, 1979 for the Archdiocese of Kraków, Poland and served as an associate pastor there from 1979 to 1983, the year he came to the United States and petitioned for incardination in the Archdiocese of Chicago. He was incardinated in 1989. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Wypych served as associate pastor, Five Holy Martyrs Parish; associate pastor, St. Giles Parish; associate pastor, St. Ladislaus Parish; associate pastor, parochial administrator and pastor of St. Pancratius Parish; pastor, Five Holy Martyrs Parish and pastor, St. Francis Borgia Parish.

Wypych also served as Dean of Deanery IV-D and was a member of the Archdiocesan College of Consultors.