Adrian Korczago succeeds Paweł Anweiler as Lutheran bishop of Cieszyn

In early January 2016, Bishop Paweł Anweiler ended his term as head of the Cieszyn diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the country's main Lutheran church. He was succeeded by Rev. Adrian Korczago, who became the new bishop of the diocese.

The Cieszyn diocese is centred in Cieszyn Silesia, in southern Poland on the Czech border. This region has long been the heartland of Polish Lutheranism, and the diocese is one of the church's most important. Anweiler had led it for many years, so the handover marked a clear change of leadership after a long period under one bishop.

Korczago, a pastor of the church, took on the task of leading its clergy and parishes in the region. The change followed the church's regular procedures for choosing and installing bishops. The succession matters for the story because it closed Anweiler's long tenure at the head of the diocese. He remained a familiar figure in Polish Protestant circles, which is why news of his later death was read against this earlier moment.