Kujawy Kuyavia ( pl, Kujawy; german: Kujawien; la, Cuiavia), also referred to as Cuyavia, is a historical region in north-central Poland, situated on the left bank of Vistula, as well as east from Noteć River and Lake Gopło. It is divided into three ...

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

Latin Rite Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, are Catholic rites of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church '' sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once ...

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno The Archdiocese of Gniezno ( la, Archidioecesis Gnesnensis, pl, Archidiecezja Gnieźnieńska) is the oldest Latin Catholic archdiocese in Poland, located in the city of Gniezno.Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

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Włocławek Włocławek (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Leslau) is a city located in central Poland along the Vistula (Wisła) River and is bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park. As of December 2021, the population of the city is 106,928. Loc ...

Kujawsko-Pomorskie Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Cuiavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie, or Kujawy-Pomerania Province ( pl, województwo kujawsko-pomorskie ) is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divide ...

Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń The Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń is a Roman Catholic church located at the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland, in the village of Licheń Stary near Konin in the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland. It was designed by Barbara Bi ...

Licheń Stary Licheń Stary is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ślesin, within Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ślesin, north-east of Konin, and east of the regional capital ...

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

Włocławek Włocławek (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Leslau) is a city located in central Poland along the Vistula (Wisła) River and is bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park. As of December 2021, the population of the city is 106,928. Loc ...

Archdiocese of Gniezno The Archdiocese of Gniezno ( la, Archidioecesis Gnesnensis, pl, Archidiecezja Gnieźnieńska) is the oldest Latin Catholic archdiocese in Poland, located in the city of Gniezno.Diocese of Poznań, to

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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 German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

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), 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 Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

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

(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 (1203–1215; attested 1213–1220) * Michał (1215 – 1256 or 1222–1252) * Wolimir (1256–1271 or 1252–1275) * Albierz/Wojciech (1271?/1275? – 1283) *1284–1300 – Wiesław *1300–1323 – Gerward *1324–1364 – Maciej z Gołańczy *1364–1383 – Zbylut z Wąsosza *1383–1383 –

Trojan Trojan or Trojans may refer to: * Of or from the ancient city of Troy * Trojan language, the language of the historical Trojans Arts and entertainment Music * ''Les Troyens'' ('The Trojans'), an opera by Berlioz, premiered part 1863, part 189 ...

*1384–1389 –

Jan Kropidło Jan Kropidło (1360 or 1364 – 3 March 1421), was an ecclesiastic leader in Poland during the late Middle Ages. Jan was the eldest son of Duke Bolko III of Strzelce and his wife Anna. Jan was titled Duke of Strzelce (1382–96, with his broth ...

*1389–1398 –

Henry VIII of Legnica Henry VIII of Legnica ( pl, Henryk VIII legnicki) (ca. 1355 – 12 December 1398) was a Duke of Legnica beginning in 1364 (nominally and together with his brothers) and Bishop of Włocławek from 1389 until his death. He was the fourth son of ...

(Henryk VIII legnicki) *1399–1402 –

Mikołaj Kurowski Mikołaj Kurowski of Szreniawa of Kurów (died 1411) was a chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland and a Catholic hierarch. He held the posts of the bishop of Poznań, bishop of Włocławek and an archbishop of Gniezno. Releasing the name or adoptiv ...

*1402–1421 –

Jan Kropidło Jan Kropidło (1360 or 1364 – 3 March 1421), was an ecclesiastic leader in Poland during the late Middle Ages. Jan was the eldest son of Duke Bolko III of Strzelce and his wife Anna. Jan was titled Duke of Strzelce (1382–96, with his broth ...

(again) *1421–1427 – Jan Pella *1427–1433 – Jan Szafraniec *1433–1449 – Władysław Oporowski *1449–1450 – Mikołaj Lasocki *1450–1463 – Jan Gruszczyński *1463–1464 – Jan Lutek *1464–1472 – Jakub z Sienna *1473–1480 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki *1481–1483 – Andrzej Oporowski *1484–1493 – Piotr Moszyński *1494–1503 – Krzesław Kurozwęcki *1503–1513 – Wincenty Przerębski *1513–1531 – Maciej Drzewicki *1531–1538 – Jan Karnkowski *1538–1542 – Łukasz II Górka *1542–1546 – Mikołaj Dzierzgowski *1546–1551 –

Andrzej Zebrzydowski Andrzej Zebrzydowski, (1496 in Więcbork – 23 May 1560 in Września), Radwan coat of arms, was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop of Kamieniec Podolski (from 1543), Chełm (from 1545), Włocławek (from 1546) and Kraków (from 25 February 1551); ch ...

*1551–1557 – Jan Drohojowskii *1557–1565 – Jakub Uchański *1565–1567 – Mikołaj Wolski *1567–1580 – Stanisław Karnkowski *1581–1600 – Hieronim Rozrażewski *1600–1603 – Jan Tarnowski *1603–1607 – Piotr Tylicki *1608–1608 –

Wojciech Baranowski Wojciech Baranowski (1548 – 23 September 1615) was archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland. Biography In 1581 he was ordained a priest and became the royal secretary of Stefan Batory, accompanying him during the Pskov campaign. Lat ...

*1608–1610 – Maciej Pstrokoński *1610–1616 – Wawrzyniec Gembicki *1616–1622 – Paweł Wołucki *1622–1631 –

Andrzej Lipski Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and ...

*1631–1642 – Maciej Łubieński *1642–1654 – Mikołaj Wojciech Gniewosz *1654–1673 – Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski *1674–1675 – Jan Gembicki *1675–1680 –

Stanisław Sarnowski 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, Cali ...

*1680–1691 – Bonawentura Madaliński *1691–1700 – Stanisław Dąmbski *1700–1705 – Stanisław Szembek *1705–1720 – Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski *1720–1735 – Krzysztof Antoni Szembek *1735–1741 – Adam Stanisław Grabowski *1741–1751 – Walenty Aleksander Czapski *1751–1763 –

Antoni Sebastian Dembowski 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 ...

*1763–1776 –

Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski (1713–1784) was a Polish priest and politician. He was bishop of Inflanty (1753–1763), bishop of Kujawy (1763–1776) and archbishop of Gniezno (also, Primate of Poland) (1777–1784). He was one of the Polish nob ...

*1777–1806 –

Józef Ignacy Rybiński Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

*1806–1815 – vacant *1815–1818 – Archbishop Franciszek Skarbek von Malczewski ;''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'') ;''Suffragan Bishops of Włocławek'' * 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 *2003–2021 – Wiesław Mering *2021–... – Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski