He also served as a member of the Presbyteral Council. Zielinski was elected to the Presbyteral Council in 1999. The bishops were consecrated by a presbyteral laying on of hands. He was elected president of the Presbyteral Senate for the archdiocese the following year. He was elected chairman of the diocesan presbyteral council in 2000 and re-elected in 2002. These include the presbyteral council, the diocesan synod, and the pastoral council.