Szarek was born in
Bielsko and raised in the Lutheran faith. From 1956 to 1960 he studied theology at the
Christian Theological Academy, which he completed with the defense of the thesis entitled "The life and activity of Tomasz Muenzer and his attitude to the reformation of Martin Luther." He was ordained a priest by Bishop
Andrzej Wantuła on 25 September 1960 in the Church of the Savior in
Bielsko-Biała. On 6 January 1991, the Synod of the Church elected him the Bishop of the Church. On 3 May 1991 at the
Holy Trinity Church in Warsaw he was consecrated as the bishop of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland, he was consecrated by his predecessor Bishop
Janusz Narzyński. Szarek died from
COVID-19 on 8 October 2020, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. ==References==