September 4 was a day of celebration for the Parish of St Faith when Reverend Dominik Chmielewski was instituted as Rector by Right Reverend David Williams, Bishop of Basingstoke.
The special service took place in the church at St Cross where the parish has worshipped for the last 500 years.
It was attended by nearly 200 of Dominik’s friends and supporters from his old parishes in Arundel and Middleton-on-Sea, as well as members of the Parish of St Faith.
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Reverend Dominik Chmielewski was born and raised in Poland where for over six years he cared for an Anglican congregation in Krakow.
He later trained for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon, near Oxford, and also obtained a master’s degree in theology from Durham University. Prior to ordination training he was a stained-glass artist and an iconographer; he now continues his artistic interests in the area of liturgical textiles and embroidery. He is married to Barbara and has three children.
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