- Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelplin
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Diocese of Pelplin
Dioecesis PelplinensisLocation Country Poland Metropolitan Gdańsk Statistics Area 13,361 km2 (5,159 sq mi) Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2004)
850,000
802,000 (94.4%)Information Rite Latin Rite Cathedral Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
(Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)Current leadership Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelplin (Latin: Pelplinen(sis)) is an diocese located in the city of Pelplin in the Ecclesiastical province of Gdańsk in Poland.
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History
- 1243: Established as Diocese of Chelmno
- March 25, 1992: Renamed as Diocese of Pelphin
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- Bazylika Ścięcia Świętego Jana Chrzciciela (Basilica of the Beheading of St. John Baptist), Chojnice
Leadership
- Bishops of Pelplin (Roman rite)
- Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga (since 1992.03.25)
- Bishops of Chelmno (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Marian Przykucki (1981.06.15 – 1992.03.25)
- Bishop Bernard Czapliński (1973.03.16 – 1980.12.30)
- Bishop Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski (1946.03.04 – 1972.05.06)
- Bishop Carl Maria Splett (Apostolic Administrator 1940.12.05 – 1946.03.04)
- Bishop Stanislao Okoniewski (1926.10.04 – 1944)
- Bishop Augustinus Rosentreter (1898.12.22 – 1926.10.04)
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- Bishop Leo Redner (1886.11.16 – 1898.04.01)
- Bishop Johannes von der Marwitz (1857.01.14 – 1886.03.29)
- Bishop Anastasius Johannes Sedlag (1833.07.28 – 1856.09.23)
- Bishop Ignatius Vincentius Matthy (1823.11.17 – 1832.05.20)
- Bishop Franciszek Ksawery Graf Rydzyński (1795.10.10 – 1814.10.16)
- Bishop Johann Karl Reichsgraf von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1785.01.31 – 1795.12.18)
- Bishop Antoni Onufry Okecki (1771.03.04 – 1775.05.29)
- Bishop Andrzej Ignacy Baier (1758.11.18 – 1785.01.31)
- Bishop Wojciech Stanisław Leski, O. Cist. (1746.10.17 – 1758.09.19)
- Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski (1739.03.08 – 1746.05.02)
- Bishop Adam Stanisław Grabowski (1736.09.26 – 1739.07.15)
- Bishop Józef Eustachy Szembek (1736 – 1753)
- Bishop Thomaz Franciszek Czapski, O. Cist. (1730.12.06 – 1733.04.23)
- Bishop Feliks Ignacy Kretowski (1722.11.20 – 1730.12.06)
- Bishop Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum (1718.06.27 – 1721.06.30)
- Archbishop Teodor Andrzej Potocki (1699.04.11 – 1712.06.10)
- Bishop Kazimierz Szczuka (1693.10.02 – 1694.06.30)
- Bishop Jan Kazimierz Opaliński, O. Cist. (1681.06.23 – 1693.07.22)
- Bishop Jan Małachowski (1676.06.22 – 1681.05.12)
- Archbishop Andrzej Olszowski (1661.02.23 – 1674.10.01)
- Bishop Adam Kos (1657.11.11 – 1661.02.11)
- Bishop Jan Gembicki (1653.04.21 – 1655.05.11)
- Archbishop Andrzej Leszczyński (1646.05.04 – 1653.01.08)
- Archbishop Jan Lipski (1636 – 1639)
- Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki (1600 – 1610)
- Cardinal Stanisław Hosius (1549.07.12 – 1551.05.11)
See also
Source
Categories:- Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland
- Religious organizations established in 1243
- Poland stubs
- European Roman Catholic diocese stubs
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