Deacon Pawel serves as parochial vicar for Our Lady of the Valley. He is from Wroclaw, Poland. He entered seminary in his hometown immediately after high school. He later studied for three years at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw. He attended Sts. Methodius and Cyril Seminary (Detroit suburb) before coming to Caldwell. He was ordained for the Diocese of Boise on June 3, 2021.