List of bishops of Warmia

List of bishops of Warmia

This is a list of Prince-Bishops / Bishops / of the Diocese Warmia/Ermland It was founded in 1243 as Bishopric of Ermland as one of four bishoprics of Prussia. In 1356 it became an Imperial Prince-Bishopric under Emperor Charles IV and from 1512 until the 20th century it was an exempt bishopric. Since 1945 the bishopseat was left vacant upon expulsion by Communists of population and bishop of Ermland from Prussia.

In 1972 a new Polish Diocese was installed, which in 1992 was raised to an arch-diocese.

(Polish: "Diecezja warmińska", Latin: "Archidioecesis Varmiensis", German: "Bistum Ermland").

*1249-1250 Heinrich von Strateich elected, never actually took office (Strateich)
*1250-1274 Anselm von Meißen first active Ermland bishop (Meißen)(Miśno)
*1278-1300 Heinrich Fleming(Henryk Fleming) (Fleming)
*1301-1326 Eberhard von Neiße (Nysa, Poland)(Neiße)
*1327-1328 Jordan, Bishop of Warmia
*1329-1334 Heinrich Wogenap (Wogenap)
*1334-1337 -
*1337-1349 Hermann von Prag(Herman z Pragi)( (Prague)
*1350-1355 Johannes von Meißen (Meißen)(Miśno)
*1355-1373 Johannes Stryprock (Stryprock)
*1373-1401 Heinrich Sorbom (Sorbom)
*1401-1415 Heinrich Heilsberg von Vogelsang (Vogelsang)
*1415-1424 Johannes Abezier
*1424-1457 Franciscus Kuhschmalz(Franciszek Kuhschmalz)
*1457-1458 Enea Silvio Piccolomini
*1458-1467 Paul von Legensdorf (Legensdorf)
*1467-1489 Nicolaus von Tüngen(Mikołaj Tungen)
*1489-1512 Lucas Watzenrode (Łukasz Watzenrode)
*1512-1523 Fabian of Lozanien
*1523-1537 Mauritius Ferber
*1537-1548 Johannes Dantiscus
*1549-1550 Tiedemann Giese
*1551-1579 Stanislaus Hosius
*1579-1589 Marcin Kromer
*1589-1599 Andrew Cardinal Báthory
*1600-1604 Piotr Tylicki
*1604-1621 Szymon Rudnicki
*1621-1633 John Albert Vasa
*1633-1643 Mikołaj Szyszkowski
*1643-1644 Jan Karol Konopacki
*1644-1659 Wacław Leszczyński
*1659-1679 Jan Stefan Wydżga
*1680-1688 Michał Stefan Radziejowski
*1688-1697 Jan Stanisław Zbąski
*1698-1711 Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski
*1711-1723 Teodor Andrzej Potocki
*1724-1740 Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek (* 1680; † 1740)
*1741-1766 Adam Stanislaus Götzendorff-Grabowski* 1698
*1767-1795 Ignacy Krasicki
*1795-1803 Charles von Hohenzollern-Hechingen
*1803-1808 -
*1808-1836 Joseph von Hohenzollern-Hechingen
*1836-1841 Andreas Stanislaus von Hatten
*1841-1867 Joseph Ambrosius Geritz
*1867-1885 Philipp Krementz
*1886-1908 Andreas Thiel
*1908-1930 Augustinus Bludau
*1930-1945 Maximilian Kaller until his death in 1947 Special bishop of the Expulsion
*(Vatican does not recognize the ecclesiastical annexation attempts by Cardinal August HlondFact|date=January 2008. Kaller remains bishop until 1947, even though expelled from Warmia. The Holy See refuses to recognize the Polish annexationFact|date=January 2008. A new Polish diocese is appointed in 1972.)
*1972-1978 Józef Drzazga
*1979-1981 Józef Glemp
*1981-1988 Jan Władysław Obłąk
*1988-2006 Edmund Michał Piszcz (Made Archbishop in 1992)
*2006-pres. Wojciech Ziemba

External links

*pl icon [http://www.warmia.opoka.org.pl/ Website of the Archdiocese]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dwarm.html Catholic site with information on Archdiocese of Warmia]


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