Diocese of Włocławek

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Bishop(s) Wieslaw Alojzy Mering, Bishop Stanislaw Gebicki, Auxiliary Bishop Bronislaw Dembowski, Bishop Emeritus Czeslaw Lewandowski, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Erected: 996 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gniezno Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Poland Square Kilometers: 10,143 (3,917 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://www.diecezja.wloclawek.pl/ Mailing Address: ul. Gdanska 2/4, 87-800 Wlockawek, Polska Telephone: (054)231.30.40 Fax: 231.28.31

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Stanislaw Karnkowski † ( 1567 Appointed - 21 Apr 1581 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Wojciech Baranowski † ( 1607 Appointed - 1608 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (19 Apr 1610 Appointed - 14 Mar 1616 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski † (31 May 1655 Appointed - 27 Nov 1673 Confirmed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Jan Gembicki † (13 Mar 1674 Appointed - Mar 1675 Died)
• Stanislaw Szembek † (21 Jun 1700 Appointed - 7 Jun 1706 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (25 Jun 1706 Appointed - 3 Jul 1720 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
• Karol Antoni Szembek † (22 Jul 1720 Appointed - 22 Jun 1739 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Adam Stanisław Grabowski † (15 Jul 1739 Appointed - 14 Apr 1741 Appointed, Bishop of Warmia)
• Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski † (17 Sep 1763 Succeeded - 23 Jun 1777 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Franciszek Skarbek von Malczewski † (4 Sep 1815 Appointed - 2 Oct 1818 Appointed, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw})
• Walenty Maciej Tomaszewski † (21 Nov 1836 Appointed - 18 Jan 1851 Died)
• John Michael Marzewski † (18 Sep 1856 Appointed - 1867 Died)
• Vincent Teofilo Popiel † (5 Jul 1875 Appointed - 15 Mar 1883 Appointed, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw})
• Aleksander Kazimierz Beresniewicz † (15 Mar 1883 Appointed - 1902 Died)
• Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (9 Jun 1902 Appointed - 11 Feb 1927 Died)
• Wladislao Krynicki † ( 1927 Appointed - 1928 Died)
• Karol Miecislao Radonski † (5 Apr 1929 Appointed - 16 Mar 1951 Died)
• Antoni Pawlowski † (22 Apr 1950 Appointed - 16 Sep 1968 Died)
• Jan Zareba † (20 Oct 1969 Appointed - 22 Nov 1986 Died)
• Henryk Muszynski (19 Dec 1987 Appointed - 25 Mar 1992 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Bronislaw Dembowski (25 Mar 1992 Appointed - 25 Mar 2003 Retired)
• Wieslaw Alojzy Mering (25 Mar 2003 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
996	Erected		Diocese of Włocławek (erected)
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Diocese of Częstochowa Archdiocese of Gniezno Diocese of Opole Archdiocese of Poznań Diocese of Włocławek Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}	Diocese of Kalisz (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	994,000	1,004,000	99.0%	361	70	431	2,306				249	ap1951
1970	953,670	956,600	99.7%	495	98	593	1,608		207	750	258	ap1971
1980	1,086,590	1,094,680	99.3%	509	112	621	1,749		315	695	273	ap1981
1990	1,052,728	1,103,042	95.4%	568	103	671	1,568		371	735	300	ap1991
1999	855,060	874,792	97.7%	495	127	622	1,374		281	459	255	ap2000
2000	844,255	864,732	97.6%	497	125	622	1,357		281	461	256	ap2001
2001	851,629	872,853	97.6%	493	123	616	1,382		275	451	256	ap2002
2002	847,428	866,075	97.8%	504	125	629	1,347		287	463	256	ap2003
2003	837,244	863,321	97.0%	508	122	630	1,328		281	463	256	ap2004
2004	839,694	859,725	97.7%	507	133	640	1,312		300	435	256	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Wladyslaw Blin (Priest: 25 May 1980 to 13 Oct 1999)
• Bronislaw Dembowski (Bishop: 25 Mar 1992 to 25 Mar 2003)
• Stanislaw Gebicki (Priest: 19 Jun 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Dec 1999)
• Marian Golebiewski (Priest: 24 Jun 1962 to 20 Jul 1996)
• Czeslaw Lewandowski (Priest: 18 Jun 1950; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Feb 1973 to 6 Dec 1997)
• Wieslaw Alojzy Mering (Bishop: 25 Mar 2003 - )
• Henryk Muszynski (Bishop: 19 Dec 1987 to 25 Mar 1992)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Roman Andrzejewski † (Priest: 21 May 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Nov 1981 to 7 Jul 2003)
• Wojciech Baranowski † (Bishop: 1607 to 1608)
• Aleksander Kazimierz Beresniewicz † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1883 to 1902)
• Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski † (Bishop: 31 May 1655 to 27 Nov 1673)
• Marian Leon Fulman † (Priest: 13 May 1889 to 24 Sep 1918)
• Jan Gembicki † (Bishop: 13 Mar 1674 to Mar 1675)
• Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (Bishop: 19 Apr 1610 to 14 Mar 1616)
• Józef Joachim Goldtmann † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Sep 1838 to 25 Jan 1844)
• Adam Stanisław Grabowski † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1739 to 14 Apr 1741)
• Stanislaw Karnkowski † (Bishop: 1567 to 21 Apr 1581)
• Franciszek Korszynski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 May 1946 to 3 Nov 1962)
• Enrico Pietro Delega Kossowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Mar 1884)
• Bl. Michaël Kozal † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Jun 1939 to 26 Jan 1943)
• Wladislao Krynicki † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Jul 1918; Bishop: 1927 to 1928)
• Feliks Łukasz Lewiński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1815 to 1819)
• Taddeo Łubieński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jan 1841)
• Kazimierz Jan Majdański † (Priest: 29 Jul 1945; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Nov 1962 to 1 Mar 1979)
• Franciszek Skarbek von Malczewski † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1815 to 2 Oct 1818)
• John Michael Marzewski † (Bishop: 18 Sep 1856 to 1867)
• Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski † (Coadjutor Bishop: 2 Oct 1758; Bishop: 17 Sep 1763 to 23 Jun 1777)
• Adalberto Stanislao Owczarek † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Jul 1918 to 30 Sep 1938)
• Antoni Pawlowski † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1950 to 16 Sep 1968)
• Carlo Pollner † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Mar 1884)
• Vincent Teofilo Popiel † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1875 to 15 Mar 1883)
• Karol Miecislao Radonski † (Bishop: 5 Apr 1929 to 16 Mar 1951)
• Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1706 to 3 Jul 1720)
• Karol Antoni Szembek † (Bishop: 22 Jul 1720 to 22 Jun 1739)
• Stanislaw Szembek † (Bishop: 21 Jun 1700 to 7 Jun 1706)
• Walenty Maciej Tomaszewski † (Bishop: 21 Nov 1836 to 18 Jan 1851)
• Stefan Wyszynski † (Priest: 3 Aug 1924 to 25 Mar 1946)
• Jan Zareba † (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jun 1963; Bishop: 20 Oct 1969 to 22 Nov 1986)
• Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1902 to 11 Feb 1927)