Tomasz Burghardt (26 July 1965 â 16 April 2025) was a Polish Catholic priest who served in Poland and Germany.
Burghardt began his priestly path in à Âroda à Âlàska, where he served for three years in the parish of the Holy Cross. Then he went to Wrocà Âaw â to the parish of St. Francis of Assisi, and then to Làdek-Zdrój. For the following years he also worked in Bierutów and Woà Âów.
In 2002, he began his ministry in the parish of Divine Mercy in Oà Âawa. Three years later, he was entrusted with the management of Caritas of the Wrocà Âaw Archdiocese. During his term of office, the Caritas Home Hospice was established, which provided care to patients from four counties: Wrocà Âaw, Oà Âawa, Strzelin and Zàbkowice. Caritas also organized holidays for over 4,300 children and young people, including 40 Polish children from Belarus.
Thanks to his involvement, two rehabilitation facilities were opened in 2007 â in Henryków and Maà Âkowice. The Health Care Facility was also expanded to include new facilities in Dobroszyce and Maà Âkowice. A year later, in 2008, the Nursing and Care Facility was established in Maà Âkowice.
In 2010, at the request of the Metropolitan of Wrocà Âaw Marian Goà ÂÃÂbiewski, Father Burghardt left for Germany, where he began his ministry at the Polish Catholic Mission in Münster. Three years later he was appointed pastor of Poles in northwestern Germany and on the East Frisian Islands.
In the last years of his life he was the parish priest of four German-speaking parishes in the Emsland Mitte Deanery: Geeste, Dalum, GroÃÂ Hesepe and Osterbrock. At the same time, he continued to care for Poles living in the Ostfriesland and Emsland regions.