Born in 1964, Kaleta was ordained a priest in 1989 in the
Diocese of Tarnów. Since 7 July 1999 he was the Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau,
Kazakhstan. On September 15, 2006, he was elevated to the episcopate by Pope
Benedict XVI, who appointed him titular bishop. Kaleta worked pastorally in
Nowy Wiśnicz and
Bochnia. After studying theology in
Innsbruck in 1997 obtained a doctorate in moral theology, and his work devoted to issues of bioethics. In 1999 he moved to pastoral work in
Kazakhstan. On July 7, 1999,
John Paul II created the country's Apostolic Administration of Atyrau, the first with their manager was appointed Father Kaleta. This church subdivision includes western regions of
Kazakhstan bordering the Caspian Sea. In an area of over , more than twice the size of Poland, live more than 2.2 million people, including more than 2500 Catholics, with a large proportion of foreigners working in oil companies. Consecrated on November 23, 2006, at St. Peter at the
Vatican by Cardinal Secretary of State and retired dean of the College of Cardinals
Angelo Sodano. Co-consecrating bishops were Bishop
Wiktor Skworc and Bishop
Henry Theophilus Howaniec,
OFM. On February 5, 2011, Pope
Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Karaganda, while leaving him temporarily as an apostolic administrator of Atyrau. He resigned as Bishop of Karaganda on July 15, 2014; at that time it was not clear whether this was due to his health problems, the management of the diocese or another reason. It was later known that monsignor Kaleta had a relationship with a woman and the couple had several embryos frozen. He was laicized June 15, 2016. ==References==