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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Ełk
The Diocese of Ełk () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Ełk in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warmia, Warmia in Poland. History * March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Ełk from the Diocese of Łomża and Diocese of Warmia Special churches * Cathedral: Katedra św. Wojciecha, Ełk (Adalbert of Prague, St. Wojciech Cathedral) * Co-Cathedral: Konkatedra NMP Matki Kościoła, Gołdap (Our Lady Mother of Church Concathedral) * Co-Cathedral: Konkatedra św. Aleksandra, Suwałki (St. Alexander Concathedral) * Minor Basilica: Bazylika Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego, Augustów (Most Holy Heart of Jesus Basilica) Bishops * Bishops of Ełk (Roman rite) ** Bishop Wojciech Ziemba (1992.03.25 – 2000.11.16), appointed Archbishop of Białystok ** Bishop Edward Samsel (2000.11.16 – 2003.01.17) ** Bishop Jerzy Mazur, Divine Word Missionaries, S.V.D. (since 2003.04.17) Auxiliary bishops *Romuald Kamiński (2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Warmia
The Archdiocese of Warmia (, ) is a Latin Church Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. The archbishop has his Cathedral archiepiscopal see: Bazylika Archikatedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Andrzeja Apostoła, in the town of Frombork, and a Co-Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Olsztyn, Co-Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Olsztyn. Both are minor basilicas, and the archdiocese has six more : Bazylika Najświętszego Zbawiciela i Wszystkich Świętych, in Dobre Miasto; Bazylika Narodzenia NMP, in Gietrzwałd; Bazylika Nawiedzenia NMP, in Matki Jedności; Bazylika Sanktuarium Matki Pokoju, in Stoczek Klasztorny; Bazylika św. Jerzego, in Kętrzyn and Bazylika św. Katarzyny, in Braniewo. The Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew, Frombork, Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew in Frombork is listed as a List of Historic Monuments (Poland) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustów
Augustów is a town in north-eastern Poland. It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is the seat of Augustów County and of Gmina Augustów in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Augustów has an area of , and as of June 2022 it has a population of 29,305. In 1970, Augustów became officially recognized as a health and relaxation (psychology), relaxation resort. In 1973, surrounding settlements were named a part of it, forming a popular resort town. History A settlement in the area was first mentioned in 1496. Augustów was established around 1540 by Bona Sforza and granted Magdeburg rights in 1557 by Sigismund II Augustus, after whom it was also named. It was laid out in a very regular manner, with a spacious market-place. Until 1569 Augustów belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1569 it became part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, while its cemetery was left in the Grand Duchy, both countries formed the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as a result of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Dioceses In Poland
The Roman Catholic Church in Poland comprises mainly sixteen Latin ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan, whose archdioceses have a total of 28 suffragan dioceses, each headed by a bishop. They are all members of the Episcopal Conference of Poland, one of the larger conferences in Europe, slightly smaller than Spain, but larger than the United Kingdom or Germany and by far the most established conference in all of Eastern Europe. Furthermore, there are * an exempt military ordinariate for the armed forces * ''the Eastern Catholic province of the Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warszawa and its suffragans as a Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language'' * ''an Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites for all other non-Latin rites in Poland.'' There is also an Apostolic Nunciature to Poland, as papal diplomatic (embassy-level) representation. Current Latin dioceses Exempt Latin jurisdiction * Military Ordinariate of Poland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholicism In Poland
Polish members of the Catholic Church, like elsewhere in the world, are under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Latin Church includes 41 dioceses. There are three eparchies of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the country, with members of the Armenian Catholic Church under the Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland. The ordinaries of these jurisdictions comprise the Episcopal Conference of Poland. Combined, these comprise about 10,000 parishes and religious orders. There are 40.55 million registered Catholics (the data includes the number of infants baptized) in Poland. The primate of the Church is Wojciech Polak, Archbishop of Gniezno. In the early 2000s, 99% of all children born in Poland were baptized Catholic. In 2015, the church recorded that 97.7% of Poland's population was Catholic. Other statistics suggested this proportion of adherents to Catholicism could be as low as 85%. The rate of decline has been described as "devastating" the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dariusz Zalewski
Dariusz is a male given name, predominantly in Polish. Etymologically, it derives from the Proto-Slavic "dar" gift, and signifies the giver/gift giver or possessors as well as "goods", and Persian name ''Dariush'', meaning "he possesses" or "good". Given name A * Dariusz Adamczuk (born 1969), Polish footballer * Dariusz Adamczyk (born 1966), Polish-German historian * Dariusz Adamus (born 1957), Polish javelin thrower B *Dariusz Baliszewski (1946–2020), Polish historian * Dariusz Banasik (born 1973), Polish football manager *Dariusz Baranowski (born 1972), Polish cyclist * Dariusz Batek (born 1986), Polish cyclist *Dariusz Bayer (born 1964), Polish footballer *Dariusz Białkowski (born 1970), Polish canoeist * Dariusz Biczysko (born 1962), Polish high jumper *Dariusz Bladek (born 1994), Canadian football player * Dariusz Brytan (born 1967), Polish footballer *Dariusz Brzozowski (born 1980), Polish drummer * Dariusz Bugajski (born 1970), Polish naval officer C *Dariusz Czykier (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Joseph Galbas
Adrian Joseph Galbas, S.A.C. (born 26 January 1968) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Metropolitan Archbishop of Warsaw since December 2024. He became Archbishop of Katowice in May 2023, after sixteen months as coadjutor there. He was auxiliary bishop of Ełk from 2020 to 2021. He is a professed member of the Pallottines (Society of the Catholic Apostolate). Biography Adrian Joseph Galbas was born in Bytom on 26 January 1968. He joined the Pallottines in 1987. After spending the year 1987–88 in the novitiate in Ząbkowice Śląskie, he studied at that order's major seminary in Ołtarzew and took his final vows on 10 September 1993 in Zakopane. He was ordained a priest of that order on 7 May 1994 in Ołtarzew by Józef Kowalczyk, Archbishop of Gniezno. His priestly career combined pastoral assignments, leadership roles for the Pallottines, and advanced studies. He was vicar of the parish of Saint Michael the Archangel in Łódź in 1994–95; studied for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romuald Kamiński
Romuald Kamiński (born 7 February 1955, Janówka, Poland) is a Polish Roman Catholic priest who has served as bishop of Warszawa-Praga since 2017. He was the auxiliary bishop of Ełk between 2005 and 2017. Biography Kamiński was born 7 February 1955 in Janówka. He graduated from the Higher Metropolitan Seminary in Warsaw. He also earned his master's degree in theology. He was ordained a priest on 7 June 1981 by the auxiliary bishop of Warsaw, . He was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Warsaw. From 1981 to 1983, he worked as a vicar in the parish of Our Lady in Otwock. From 1983 to 1992, he served as administrator of the Archbishops of Warsaw. At the same time he was a chaplain of Józef Glemp. In 1992, he became chancellor of the episcopal curia of the newly established Diocese of Warszawa-Praga. He also became a ''collegium'' consultant and a part of the council of priests of the diocese. On 8 June 2005, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him the auxiliary bishop of the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divine Word Missionaries
The Society of the Divine Word (), abbreviated SVD and popularly called the Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, and sometimes the Steyler Missionaries, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men. As of 2020, it consisted of 5,965 members composed of priests and religious brothers working in more than 70 countries, now part of VIVAT international. It is one of the largest missionary congregations in the Catholic Church. Its members add the nominal letters SVD after their names to indicate membership in the Congregation. The superior general is Anselmo Ricardo Ribeiro, who hails from Brazil. History The Society was founded in Steyl in the Netherlands in 1875 by Arnold Janssen, a diocesan priest, and drawn mostly from German priests and religious exiles in the Netherlands during the church-state conflict called the ''Kulturkampf'', which had resulted in many religious groups being expelled and seminaries being closed in Germany. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Samsel
Edward Eugeniusz Samsel (2 January 1940 – 17 January 2003) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Ełk from 2000 until his death in 2003. Biography Samsel was born in Myszyniec to Jan and Walerian Samsel (). He received his first communion on 9 January 1949 and received the sacrament of confirmation from Aleksander Mościcki, auxiliary bishop of Łomża. After completing his ''matura'' in 1958, he began attending the diocesan seminary in Łomża. He was ordained a priest on 23 May 1964 by Czesław Falkowski. After his ordination, he studied biblical studies at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University from 1965 to 1969, continuing his studies at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. He obtained a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University in 1972. He later studied at the École Biblique between 1972 and 1973. Upon returning to Poland, Samsel served as prefect of studies at the diocesan seminary at Łomża between 1973 and 1974. He would later s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojciech Ziemba
Wojciech Ziemba (15 October 1941 – 21 April 2021) was a Polish Roman Catholic archbishop. Ziemba was born in Poland and was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. He served as titular bishop of ''Falerone'' and was the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warmia The Archdiocese of Warmia (, ) is a Latin Church Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. The archbishop has his Cathedral archiepiscopal see: Bazylika Archikatedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. ..., Poland from 1982 to 1992. He then served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elk from 1992 to 2000 and as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bialystok, Poland, from 2000 to 2006 and as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Warnia from 2006 to 2016. Notes 1941 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Poland 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland People from Mielec County {{Poland-RC-bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy or the episcopate. Organisationally, several Christian denominations utilise ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority within their dioceses. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full Priest#Christianity, priesthood given by Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Jerzy Mazur
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy or the episcopate. Organisationally, several Christian denominations utilise ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority within their dioceses. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
