The Diocese of Toruń () is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic Church
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located in the city of
Toruń
Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...
in the
ecclesiastical province
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of
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...
in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
.
History
* March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Toruń from the
Diocese of Chelmno and
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno
Special churches
*Minor Basilicas:
**Bazylika pw. św. Tomasza Apostoła,
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (; ) is a town in northern Poland, situated on the Drwęca, River Drwęca. The total population in June 2018 was 11,062. Nowe Miasto Lubawskie is the capital of Nowe Miasto County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
Geogr ...
(''Basilica of St. Thomas the Apostle'')
Leadership
*
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 di ...
s of Toruń (Roman rite)
** Bishop
Arkadiusz Okroj (since April 5, 2025)
** Bishop
Andrzej Wojciech Suski
Andrzej Wojciech Suski (born 24 December 1941) is a retired Polish Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Toruń, Toruń from 1992 to 2017. Prior to that, he was Auxiliary Bishop o ...
(March 25, 1992 – November 11, 2017)
** Bishop
Wiesław Śmigiel
Wiesław Śmigiel (born 3 January 1969) is the incumbent Roman Catholic metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień. He previously served as the bishop of the Roma ...
(November 11, 2017 – September 13, 2024)
See also
*
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 ...
Sources
GCatholic.org Diocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland
Christian organizations established in 1992
Organisations based in Toruń
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Culture in Toruń
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