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Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

. On 30 June 1818, the see was elevated to the rank of an

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. Also included are the auxiliary bishops. Bishops of Warsaw: * Józef Miaskowski, 1798–1804 *,

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1806–1818 Archbishops of Warsaw: * Franciszek Malczewski, 1818–1819 *

Szczepan Hołowczyc Szczepan Hołowczyc '' de armis'' Pierzchała (19 August 1741–27 August 1823) was Archbishop of Warsaw from 17 December 1819 until his death and a Senator of Congress Poland. He was the son of Basil and Mary Hołowczyc (), who came from a ...

, 1819–1823 *

Wojciech Skarszewski Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two components in archaic Polish: * ''wój'' (Slavic: ''voj''), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like ''wojown ...

, 1824–1827 * Jan Paweł Woronicz, 1828–1829 * Stanisław Kostka Choromański, 1836–1838 * Tomasz Chmielewski, 1836–1844 *

Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski ( Pszczew, near Poznań, 3 January 1778 – 5 October 1861, Warsaw) was the Archbishop Metropolitan of Warsaw and spiritual leader of the nation during the Partitions of Poland. References See also *List of Pole ...

1844–1856, Archbishop 1856–1861 * Antoni Białobrzeski, 1861–1862 *

Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński (1 November 1822 in Voiutyn, now Ukraine – 17 September 1895 in Kraków) was a professor of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy, Archbishop of Warsaw in 1862-1883 (exiled by Tsar Alexander II to Y ...

, 1862–1883 * Wincenty Teofil Popiel, 1883–1912 *

Aleksander Kakowski Aleksander Kakowski (; 5 February 1862 – 30 December 1938) was a Polish politician, diplomat, a member of the Regency Council and, as Cardinal and Archbishop of Warsaw, the last titular Primate of the Kingdom of Poland before Poland fully r ...

, 1913–1938 *

Stanisław Gall Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cal ...

1940–1942 *

Antoni Szlagowski Antoni is a Catalan, Polish, and Slovene given name and a surname used in the eastern part of Spain, Poland and Slovenia. As a Catalan given name it is a variant of the male names Anton and Antonio. As a Polish given name it is a variant of the fe ...

, vicary 1942–1946 * August Hlond, 1946–1948 *

Stefan Wyszyński Stefan Wyszyński (3 August 1901 – 28 May 1981) was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948, archbishop of Warsaw and archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He was created a cardinal on ...

, 1948–1981 *

Józef Glemp Józef Glemp (18 December 192923 January 2013) was a Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Warsaw from 1981 to 2006, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. Biography Early life and ordination Józef Glemp was b ...

, 1981–2007 *

Stanisław Wielgus Stanisław Wojciech Wielgus (born 23 April 1939) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church, who resigned his position as Archbishop of Warsaw on 6 January 2007, just one day after being installed in that post in a private ceremony, just befor ...

, 2007 *

Kazimierz Nycz Kazimierz Nycz (born 1 February 1950) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Warsaw since 2007. He was Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg from 2004 to 2007, after serving more than fifteen years as auxiliary bishop ...

, since 3 March 2007 Auxiliary bishops *

John Baptist Albertrandi John Baptist Albertrandi (in Poland known as Jan Chrzciciel, 7 December 1731 – 10 August 1808) was a Polish Jesuit, bishop and historian of Italian extraction, born in Warsaw. :pl:Jan Chrzciciel Albertrandi#cite note-1 Biography He ent ...

, 1798–1808 *

Daniel Ostrowski Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel (given ...

, 1818–1831 *

Mikołaj Jan Mangulewicz Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people: In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility: * Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526), Polish nobleman, Hetman, diplomat, and expert of sout ...

, 1822–1825 *

Franciszek Pawłowski Franciszek () is a masculine given name of Polish origin (female form Franciszka). It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: * Edward Pfeiffer (Franciszek Edward Pfeiffer) (1895–1964), Polish ge ...

, 1827–1829 * Tomasz Chmielewski, 1837–1844 *

Jan Dekert Jan Dekert or Jan Dekiert (1738 – 4 October 1790) was a Polish merchant of German descent and political activist. Starting in the 1760s, he rose to become one of the most prominent merchants in the Polish capital of Warsaw. He was an acti ...

, 1859–1861 *

Henryk Ludwik Plater Henryk may refer to: * Henryk (given name) * Henryk, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, a village in south-central Poland * Henryk Glacier, an Antarctic glacier See also * Henryk Batuta hoax, an internet hoax * Henrykian articles, a Polish cons ...

, 1859–1868 * Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz, 1884–1925 *

, 1918–1919, 1933–1940 * Władysław Szcześniak, 1925–1926 *

, 1928–1956 * Zygmunt Choromański, 1946–1968 * Wacław Majewski, 1946–1983 * Jerzy Modzelewski, 1959–1986 * Bronisław Dąbrowski, 1962–1993 * Władysław Miziołek, 1969–1992 * Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski, 1970–1992 * Kazimierz Romaniuk, 1982–1992 * Marian Duś, 1986–2013 * Stanisław Kędziora, 1987–1992 * Józef Zawitkowski, 1990–1992 * Piotr Jarecki, since 1994 * Tadeusz Pikus, 1999–2014 * Rafał Markowski, since 2013 * Józef Górzyński, 2013–2015 * Michał Janocha, since 2015

References

* Piotr Nitecki, ''Biskupi Kościoła w Polsce w latach 965 - 1999'', Warszawa 2000, {{ISBN, 83-211-1311-7.

Bishops and archbishops of Warsaw

Bishops A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...