# Catholic Church appointments for OMI missionaries

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/catholic-church-appointments-for-omi-missionaries
> Updated: 2026-08-22T10:13:35.000Z. Sources: 5. Developments: 2.

Pope Leo XIV has announced several leadership appointments involving the Missionaries of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI).

In Madagascar, Mariusz Kasperski, a Polish missionary who has served in the region since 1995, has been appointed as the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Toamasina. He will also hold the titular see of Burca.

In Turkmenistan, Father Paweł Janusz Kubiak has been appointed as the superior of the mission iuris, succeeding Father Andrzej Madej, who had led the mission since 1997.

## Timeline

### 2026-08-22: Pope Leo XIV appoints new Catholic mission leaders

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Paweł Janusz Kubiak as the new mission superior in Turkmenistan and Father Mariusz Kasperski as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Toamasina, Madagascar.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/pope-leo-xiv-appoints-new-catholic-mission-leaders

### 2026-08-19: Mariusz Kasperski appointed auxiliary bishop of Toamasina

Polish missionary Mariusz Kasperski has been appointed by the Pope as the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Toamasina in Madagascar.

3 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/mariusz-kasperski-appointed-auxiliary-bishop-of-toamasina

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