Latin Catholic territory in Poland
Basilica of Our Lady (left) Sanctuary of the Mother of God Victorious in
Brdów (right)
The Diocese of Włocławek (
Latin : Dioecesis Vladislaviensis ) is a
Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or
diocese of the
Catholic Church in Poland . It is a
suffragan in the
ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Gniezno . Until the 20th century, it was known as the Diocese of
Kujawy .
The bishops' seat is Włocławek Cathedral, also a
minor basilica : Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP in the city of
Włocławek , in
Kujawsko-Pomorskie . The diocese has two more Minor Basilicas:
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–
Pomerania ) / Kruszwicka (Polish) / Cuiavia–Pomerania (Curiate Italian), on territory split off from the suppressed
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
Archdiocese of Gniezno , to
Diocese of Poznań , to
Diocese of Wrocław and to
Diocese of Płock .
Renamed on 28 Oct 1925 after its see as Diocese of Włocławek / Wladislavia / Vladislavien(sis) (Latin adjective)
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II ), the Germans murdered 249 priests from the Diocese of Włocławek, including the Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek
Michał Kozal , closed down the cathedral, and
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)
Suffragan Bishops of Kujawy–Kaliska
Bishop
Wiesław Mering
Suffragan Bishops of Włocławek
Auxiliary bishops
1781–1799 – Ludwik Stanisław Górski
[22]
1789–1793 – Marcin Chyczewski
[23]
1794–1819 – Feliks Łukasz Lewiński
[24]
1819–1825 – Józef Marcelin Dzięcielski
[25]
1838–1844 – Józef Joachim Goldtmann
[26]
1844–1861 – Taddeo Łubieński
[27]
1884–1898 – Carlo Pollner
[28]
1884–1889 – Henryk Piotr Kossowski
[29]
1918–1938 – Wojciech Stanisław Owczarek
[30]
1918–1927 – Władysław Paweł Krynicki, Appointed Bishop of Włocławek
[31]
1939–1943 – Bl.
Michaël Kozal
[32]
1962–1979 – Kazimierz Jan Majdański
[33]
1946–1972 – Franciszek Salezy Korszyński
[34]
1963–1969 – Jan Zareba, Appointed Bishop of Włocławek
[35]
1973–1997 – Czeslaw Lewandowski
[36]
1981–2003 – Roman Andrzejewski
[37]
1999–2020 – Stanisław Gębicki
[38]
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
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