In an interview published in Dziennik, 70-year-old Father Jankowski says Gibson is well-placed to direct his biopic.
Gibson is "a great man and an honest Catholic," Father Jankowski said.
"He's also a distinguished artist. His Passion was a real masterpiece. We have never met face to face, but the opportunity is coming up," Father Jankowski added, noting that he planned a meeting with Gibson in September.
Meanwhile the Henryk Jankowski Institute, founded and run by the cleric's colleagues, is planning to launch a range of Jankowski T-shirts, cigarette lighters and other gadgets to help finance a potential film.
Father Jankowski, who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the opposition Solidarity movement in the 1980s, has regularly sparked controversy over the past two decades with his violently anti-communist rhetoric and what critics charge are anti-Semitic remarks.
He is also known as a lover of luxury, and for his commercial interests.
Father Jankowski markets a brand of wine called Monsignore - he is pictured on its label - and is planning to open a chain of bars across Poland.
His views and lifestyle led the archbishop of Gdansk, the northern port which is Father Jankowski's stamping ground, to fire him in 2004 from his long-standing job as rector of the city's renowned St Brigid's parish.
Gibson, who is a Catholic, has himself courted controversy.
He stirred heated debate in the United States and abroad because of the alleged anti-Semitism and excessive violence of his 2004 blockbuster The Passion of the Christ.
His reputation was left in tatters last year following an anti-Semitic tirade launched at a Jewish police officer when he was arrested for drink-driving in Los Angeles.
Gibson later apologised for the outburst. © 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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