Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek
Diocese of Włocławek Dioecesis Vladislaviensis Diecezja Włocławska | |
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Włocławek Cathedral Basilica Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Włocławek | |
Location | |
Country | Poland |
Ecclesiastical province | Gniezno |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,824 km2 (3,407 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 758,348 748,506 (98.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Włocławek Cathedral Katedra Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny (Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Wojciech Polak |
Bishops emeritus | Stanisław Gębicki Wiesław Mering |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Włocławek (
Kujawy
.
The bishops' seat is Włocławek Cathedral, also a
Kujawsko-Pomorskie
. The diocese has two more Minor Basilicas:
- Wielkopolskie
- Bazylika Wniebowzięcia NMP, in Łódzkie.
The diocese is currently headed by Bishop Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski, appointed in 2021.
History
- We disregard the presumably merely-legendary precursor(?) Diocese of Kruszwica (966–1156)
- Established in 1015 as Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze (i.e. Kujawy–Diocese of Kolberg(Kołobrzeg)
- Renamed in 1148 as Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze / Cuiavia–Pomerania (Italiano) / since ca. 1124/26 called Włocławek after its see
- Theological seminary in Włocławek founded in 1569 by Bishop Stanisław Karnkowski as one of the oldest seminaries in Poland.[1]
- Gained territory in 1633 from the Diocese of Płock
- Renamed on 30 June 1818 as Diocese of Kujawy–Kaliska / Cuiavia–Kalisz (Italiano), having lost territories to its Metropolitan the Diocese of Płock.
- Renamed on 28 Oct 1925 after its see as Diocese of Włocławek / Wladislavia / Vladislavien(sis) (Latin adjective)
- During the robbed the precious historical collections of the diocese of Włocławek.[2]
- Lost territory on 25 March 1992 to establish the Diocese of Kalisz.
- It enjoyed Papal visits from the Polish Pope John Paul II in June 1991 and June 1999.
- In 2018 the Włocławek Cathedral was listed by the President of Poland as a Historic Monument of Poland.[3]
Statistics
As of 2022, it pastorally served 748,506 Catholics (98.7% of 758,348 total) on 8,824 km² in 233 parishes and 126 missions with 566 priests (460 diocesan, 106 religious), 463 lay religious (148 brothers, 315 sisters) and 24 seminarians.
Episcopal ordinaries
- Imported from List of bishops of Kujawy (Włocławek)and amended; sources contradict often, notably in the first centuries:
- Suffragan Bishops of Kujawy–Pomorze
-
- (Kujawy–Pomerania, Włocławek; 1133–1818)
- Swidger (1128? – 1151;? attested from 1133)
- Onold(1151? – 1160?; attested 1161–1180)
- Rudger (1160? – 1170?)
- Werner (1170? – 1178? or 1148–1156?)
- Wunelf (1178?–1190?)
- Stefan(attested 1187–1198–)
- Ogerius (1197/1203; attested 1206?–1212)
- Bartha (1203–1215; attested 1213–1220)
- Michał (1215 – 1256 or 1222–1252)
- Wolimir (1256–1271 or 1252–1275)
- Albierz/Wojciech (1271?/1275? – 1283)
- 1284–1300 – Wiesław
- 1300–1323 – Gerward
- 1324–1364 – Maciej z Gołańczy
- 1364–1383 – Zbylut z Wąsosza
- 1383–1383 – Trojan
- 1384–1389 – Jan Kropidło
- 1389–1398 – Henry VIII of Legnica (Henryk VIII legnicki)
- 1399–1402 – Mikołaj Kurowski
- 1402–1421 – Jan Kropidło (again)
- 1421–1427 – Jan Pella
- 1427–1433 – Jan Szafraniec
- 1433–1449 – Władysław Oporowski
- 1449–1450 – Mikołaj Lasocki
- 1450–1463 – Jan Gruszczyński
- 1463–1464 – Jan Lutek
- 1464–1472 – Jakub z Sienna
- 1473–1480 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki
- 1481–1483 – Andrzej Oporowski
- 1484–1493 – Piotr Moszyński
- 1494–1503 – Krzesław Kurozwęcki
- 1503–1513 – Wincenty Przerębski
- 1513–1531 – Maciej Drzewicki
- 1531–1538 – Jan Karnkowski
- 1538–1542 – Łukasz II Górka
- 1542–1546 – Mikołaj Dzierzgowski
- 1546–1551 – Andrzej Zebrzydowski
- 1551–1557 – Jan Drohojowskii
- 1557–1565 – Jakub Uchański
- 1565–1567 – Mikołaj Wolski
- 1567–1580 – Stanisław Karnkowski
- 1581–1600 – Hieronim Rozrażewski
- 1600–1603 – Jan Tarnowski
- 1603–1607 – Piotr Tylicki
- 1608–1608 – Wojciech Baranowski
- 1608–1610 – Maciej Pstrokoński
- 1610–1616 – Wawrzyniec Gembicki
- 1616–1622 – Paweł Wołucki
- 1622–1631 – Andrzej Lipski
- 1631–1642 – Maciej Łubieński
- 1642–1654 – Mikołaj Wojciech Gniewosz
- 1654–1673 – Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski
- 1674–1675 – Jan Gembicki
- 1675–1680 – Stanisław Sarnowski
- 1680–1691 – Bonawentura Madaliński
- 1691–1700 – Stanisław Dąmbski
- 1700–1705 – Stanisław Szembek
- 1705–1720 – Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski
- 1720–1735 – Krzysztof Antoni Szembek
- 1735–1741 – Adam Stanisław Grabowski
- 1741–1751 – Walenty Aleksander Czapski
- 1751–1763 – Antoni Sebastian Dembowski
- 1763–1776 – Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski
- 1777–1806 – Józef Ignacy Rybiński
- 1806–1815 – vacant
- 1815–1818 – Archbishop Franciszek Skarbek von Malczewski
- Suffragan Bishops of Kujawy–Kaliska
- 1818–1822 – Andrzej Wołłowicz
- 1822–1831 – Józef Szczepan Koźmian
- 1831–1836 – vacant
- 1836–1850 – Walenty Maciej Bończa
- 1850–1856 – vacant
- 1856–1867 – Jan Michał Marszewski
- 1867–1876 – vacancy
- 1876–1883 – Wincenty Teofil Popiel
- 1883–1902 – Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz
- Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki (1902–1925 see below)
- Suffragan Bishops of Włocławek
- Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki (see above 1925–1927 –)
- 1927–1928 – Władysław Paweł Krynicki
- 1928–1951 – Karol Mieczysław Radoński
- 1951–1968 – Antoni Pawłowski
- 1969–1986 – Jan Zaręba
- 1987–1992 – Henryk Muszyński
- 1992–2003 – Bronisław Dembowski
- 2003–2021 – Wiesław Mering
- 2021–... – Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski
Auxiliary bishops
- 1514–? – Aleksander Myszczynski[4]
- 1581–1585 – Maciej Wielicki[5]
- 1597–1617 – Franciszek Lanczki[6]
- 1617–1632 – Balthasar Miaskowski[7]
- 1634–1638 – Krzysztof Charbicki[8]
- 1639–1643 – Wenceslaus Paprocki[9]
- 1643–1652 – Piotr Mieszkowski (starszy)[10]
- 1652–? – Walerian Wilczogórski[11]
- 1653–1677 – Stanisław Domaniewski[12]
- 1678–1696 – Piotr Mieszkowski (młodszy)[13]
- 1695–? – Andreas Albinowski[14]
- 1709–1723 – Wojciech Ignacy Bardziński[15]
- 1725–1736 – Franciszek Antoni Kobielski[16]
- 1737–1739 – Aleksander Działyński[17]
- 1740–1759 – Franciszek Kanigowski[18]
- 1759–1788 – Jan Dembowski[19]
- 1766–1775 – Cyprian Kazimierz von Wolicki[20]
- 1775–1781 – Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz[21]
- 1514–? –
- 1781–1799 – Ludwik Stanisław Górski[22]
- 1789–1793 – Marcin Chyczewski[23]
- 1794–1819 – Feliks Łukasz Lewiński[24]
- 1884–1898 – Carlo Pollner[28]
- 1962–1979 – Kazimierz Jan Majdański[33]
- 1946–1972 – Franciszek Salezy Korszyński[34]
- 1963–1969 – Jan Zareba, Appointed Bishop of Włocławek[35]
See also
References
- ^ Artur Niemira. "450 lat temu powstało seminarium we Włocławku". eKAI.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 209-210 (in Polish)
- ^ Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 10 grudnia 2018 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Włocławek - katedra pod wezwaniem Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny", Dz. U. z 2018 r. poz. 2421
- ^ "Bishop Aleksander Myszczynski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Maciej Wielicki, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Franciszek Lanczki" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Balthasar Miaskowski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Krzysztof Charbicki" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Wenceslaus Paprocki" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Piotr Mieszkowski - Titular Bishop of Margarita" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Valerius Wilezogerzosi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Stanisław Domaniewski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Piotr Mieszkowski - Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Andreas Albinowski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Wojciech Ignacy Bardziński" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Franciszek Antoni Kobielski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Aleksander Działyński" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Franciszek Kanigowski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Jan Dembowski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Cyprian Kazimierz von Wolicki" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Ludwik Stanisław Górski, Sch. P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Marcin Chyczewski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Feliks Łukasz Lewiński" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Józef Marcelin Dzięcielski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Józef Joachim Goldtmann" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Taddeo Łubieński" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Carlo Pollner" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Henryk Piotr Kossowski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Wojciech Stanisław Owczarek" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Władysław Paweł Krynicki" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Bl. Michaël Kozal" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Archbishop Kazimierz Jan Majdański" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Franciszek Salezy Korszyński" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Jan Zareba" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Czeslaw Lewandowski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Roman Andrzejewski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Stanisław Gębicki" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
Sources and external links
- GCatholic.org, with Google map & satellite photo - data for all sections
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Diocese website
- Jan Fijałek: Ustalenie chronologii biskupów włocławskich, Kraków 1894