Bishop Szkredka, a native of Poland, was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 2002. He served as Parochial Vicar at St. Genevieve Church in Panorama City and St. John the Baptist Church in Baldwin Park before beginning graduate studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 2008. From 2015, he served as a professor and formator at St. John’s Seminary. In 2023, he was ordained an Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.