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Type | Independent Catholicism |
Classification | Polish Old Catholicism |
Theology | Ultrajectine |
Polity | Episcopal |
Leader | Andrzej Gontarek |
Associations |
International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference Union of Utrecht |
Region | Poland |
Headquarters | Warsaw |
Separated from | Roman Catholic Church |
Congregations | 78 |
Members | 19,035 (2008 [1]) |
Ministers | 81 |
The Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland, also known as the Church of Poland or Polish-Catholic Church ( Polish: Kościół Polski, Kościół Polskokatolicki w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is a Polish Old Catholic church in Poland.
This denomination is part of the Union of Utrecht. [2] It is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Polish Ecumenical Council. [3] It is not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, and as of 2022, has 18,140 members. [4]
Bishop Wiktor Wysoczański was chosen as the church's superior in 1995 until his death in 2023. [5] Following his death, four new bishops were consecrated for Poland. [6]
The Polish-Catholic Church in the United Kingdom [7] was created in April 2018 due to a dispute between the Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland and a group of its faithful in Glasgow. The group has two parishes and about 1,000 members. Currently, the head of the church is Oliwier Windsor. [8]
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