Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek (Latin: Vladislavien(sis)), until the 20th century known as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kujawy, is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno in western Poland.

Diocese of Włocławek

Dioecesis Vladislaviensis

Diecezja Włocławska
Włocławek Cathedral
Basilica Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Włocławek
Location
CountryPoland
MetropolitanGniezno
Statistics
Area8,824 km2 (3,407 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2014)
769,937
762,750 (99.1%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralWłocławek Cathedral
Katedra Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej
Marii Panny
(Cathedral of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopWiesław Mering
Metropolitan ArchbishopWojciech Polak
Bishops emeritusStanisław Gębicki
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese
Basilica of Our Lady (left) Sanctuary of the Mother of God Victorious in Brdów (right)

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 the Bishop Wiesław Mering, appointed in 2003.

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 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

(all Roman rite)

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 (Bishop of Włocławek)(1203 – 1215; attested 1213–1220)
  • Michael = Michał (1215 – 1256 or 1222–1252)
  • Wolimir = Wolimir (1256 – 1271 or 1252–1275)
  • Albierz/Wojciech (1271?1275 – 1283)
BIOS to CHECK/ELABORATE
Suffragan Bishops of Kujawy–Kaliska
BIOS to CHECK/ELABORATE
  • 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
BIOS to CHECK/ELABORATE
  • 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
  • Wiesław Mering (2003 – ...)

Auxiliary bishops

TO COMPLETE AND WORK-IN ABOVE

See also

References

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  38. "Bishop Roman Andrzejewski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 4, 2016
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