16 Facts About Bruce Lewandowski

Bruce Lewandowski was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Providence on April 8,2025.

Bruce Lewandowski was born in Toledo, Ohio, on June 8,1967, to Robert and Frances Lewandowski.

Bruce Lewandowski grew up on a family farm in Lima, Ohio, with his four siblings.

Bruce Lewandowski subsequently attended Saint Alphonsus College in Suffield, Connecticut, and Holy Redeemer College in Washington, DC.

Bruce Lewandowski learned Spanish in anticipation of being assigned to missions run by the Redemptorists in the Dominican Republic or Paraguay.

Bruce Lewandowski was assigned as a missionary to Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia in 1998, remaining there until 2000.

Bruce Lewandowski then served as pastor of the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Kensington, Pennsylvania from 2006 to 2011.

Bruce Lewandowski was appointed vicar for cultural ministries in Philadelphia in 2011, then in 2015 was as assigned as pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Baltimore.

Bruce Lewandowski became a leader in Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development, and collaborated with the group in October 2018 to create a parish identity card.

Bruce Lewandowski described planned raids by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in June 2019, which would target immigrant communities, as "an act of domestic terrorism".

Bruce Lewandowski became Archbishop William Lori's interim delegate for Hispanic ministry on August 22,2019.

Bruce Lewandowski was appointed auxiliary bishop of Baltimore and titular bishop of Croae on June 10,2020 by Pope Francis.

Bruce Lewandowski was consecrated by Lori on August 18,2020, at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore.

Bruce Lewandowski remained pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish.

In May 2024, Bruce Lewandowski led a large public meeting at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen that presented the archdiocese's plan to shrink the number of parishes in Baltimore from 61 to 26.

Bruce Lewandowski was scheduled to be installed on May 20,2025.