Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek (Redirected from Diocese of Włocławek)

Diocese of Włocławek

Dioecesis Vladislaviensis

Diecezja Włocławska
Włocławek Cathedral
Basilica Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Włocławek
Location
CountryPoland
Ecclesiastical provinceGniezno
Statistics
Area8,824 km2 (3,407 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2020)
760,743
751,340 (98.8%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralWłocławek Cathedral
Katedra Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej
Marii Panny
(Cathedral of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopKrzysztof Jakub Wętkowski
Metropolitan ArchbishopWojciech Polak
Bishops emeritusStanisław Gębicki
Wiesław Mering
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese
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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 762,750 Catholics (99.1% of 769,937 total) on 8,824 km² in 232 parishes and 132 missions with 568 priests (481 diocesan, 87 religious), 452 lay religious (124 brothers, 328 sisters) and 60 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
  • 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)
Bishop Wiesław Mering
Suffragan Bishops of Włocławek

Auxiliary bishops

  • 1781–1799 – Ludwik Stanisław Górski
    • 1789–1793 – Marcin Chyczewski
  • 1794–1819 – Feliks Łukasz Lewiński
    • 1819–1825 – Józef Marcelin Dzięcielski
    • 1838–1844 – Józef Joachim Goldtmann
    • 1844–1861 – Taddeo Łubieński
  • 1884–1898 – Carlo Pollner
    • 1884–1889 – Henryk Piotr Kossowski
    • 1918–1938 – Wojciech Stanisław Owczarek
    • 1918–1927 – Władysław Paweł Krynicki, Appointed Bishop of Włocławek
    • 1939–1943 – Bl. Michaël Kozal
  • 1962–1979 – Kazimierz Jan Majdański
    • 1946–1972 – Franciszek Salezy Korszyński
  • 1963–1969 – Jan Zareba, Appointed Bishop of Włocławek
    • 1973–1997 – Czeslaw Lewandowski
    • 1981–2003 – Roman Andrzejewski
    • 1999–2020 – Stanisław Gębicki

See also

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