Wrocław {Breslavia} (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Józef Piotr Kupny, Archbishop
Andrzej Siemieniewski, Auxiliary Bishop
Marian Gołębiewski, Archbishop Emeritus
Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
Józef Pazdur, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 13 August 1930
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Poland
Square Kilometers: 8,850 (3,418 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.archidiecezja.wroc.pl/
Mailing Address: Kuria Metropolitalna, ul. Katedralna 13, 50-328 Wroclaw, Polska
Telephone: (071)327.11.11
Fax: 322.82.69

Historical Details

Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)
- Latin Name: Vratislaviensis
- Erected: 10th Century
- Country: Poland

Past and Present Ordinaries

Konrad von Schlesien-Ols † (18 Jan 1418 Confirmed - 28 Jul 1433 Died)
Piotr Nowak † (10 Oct 1447 Appointed - 6 Feb 1456 Died)
Jodok von Rosenberg, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (9 Jun 1456 Appointed - 15 Dec 1467 Died)
Jan Thurzo † (21 Jan 1506 Succeeded - 2 Aug 1520 Died)
Jakub von Salza † (24 Jul 1521 Appointed - 25 Aug 1539 Died)
Baltazar von Promnitz † (21 Apr 1540 Appointed - 20 Jan 1562 Died)
Kaspar von Logau † (17 Apr 1562 Appointed - 4 Jun 1574 Died)
Marcin Gerstmann † (31 Aug 1574 Appointed - 23 May 1585 Died)
Andreas Jerin † (9 Sep 1585 Appointed - 5 Nov 1596 Died)
Paul Albert † (18 Aug 1599 Confirmed - 6 May 1600 Died)
Jan von Sitsch † (18 Jul 1600 Appointed - 25 Apr 1608 Died)
Karl Ferdinand von Vasa (Wasa) † (22 Oct 1625 Confirmed - 9 May 1655 Died)
Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich † (21 Jan 1656 Appointed - 21 Nov 1662 Died)
Karl Joseph von Österreich † (23 Apr 1663 Appointed - 27 Jan 1664 Died)
Sebastian Ignaz von Rostock † (12 Jan 1665 Confirmed - 9 Jun 1671 Died)
Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (21 Mar 1672 Confirmed - 19 Feb 1682 Died)
Franz Ludwig am Rhein zu Neuburg † (26 Aug 1683 Confirmed - 18 Apr 1732 Died)
Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf † (3 Sep 1732 Confirmed - 28 Sep 1747 Died)
Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch † (5 Mar 1748 Appointed - 5 Jan 1795 Died)
Joseph Christian Franz de Paula zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein † (5 Jan 1795 Succeeded - 21 Jan 1817 Died)
Christoph Emanuel (Krzysztof Emanuel) von Schimonski-Schimoni † (3 May 1824 Confirmed - 27 Dec 1832 Died)
Leopold Sedlnitzky Odrowąż von Choltitz † (11 Jul 1836 Confirmed - 10 Oct 1840 Resigned)
Joseph Knauer † (27 Jan 1843 Confirmed - 16 May 1844 Died)
Melchior Ferdinand Joseph von Diepenbrock † (21 Apr 1845 Confirmed - 20 Jan 1853 Died)
Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster † (12 Sep 1853 Confirmed - 20 Oct 1881 Died)
Robert Herzog † (24 Mar 1882 Appointed - 26 Dec 1886 Died)
Georg von Kopp † (9 Aug 1887 Appointed - 4 Mar 1914 Died)
Adolf Bertram † (8 Sep 1914 Confirmed - 6 Jul 1945 Died)
Bolesław Kominek † (28 Jun 1972 Appointed - 10 Mar 1974 Died)
Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz (3 Jan 1976 Appointed - 3 Apr 2004 Retired)
Marian Gołębiewski (3 Apr 2004 Appointed - 18 May 2013 Retired)
Józef Piotr Kupny (18 May 2013 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)
10th Century	Erected		Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau) (erected)
16 August 1821	Territory Added	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions	Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)
13 August 1930	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)	Diocese of Berlin (erected)
Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}
13 August 1930	Elevated	Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)	Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}
28 June 1972	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}	Apostolic Administration of Görlitz (erected)
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Diocese of Częstochowa Archdiocese of Gniezno Diocese of Opole Archdiocese of Poznań Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze) Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}	Diocese of Kalisz (erected)
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}	Diocese of Legnica (erected)
24 February 2004	Territory Lost	Diocese of Legnica Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}	Diocese of Świdnica (erected)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}

1958 4,000,000 5,300,000 75.5% 1,500 610 2,110 1,895 610 350 1,220 ap1971

1980 2,654,000 2,953,000 89.9% 904 436 1,340 1,980 480 2,452 592 ap1981

1990 3,025,900 3,117,470 97.1% 1,141 404 1,545 1,958 669 1,878 653 ap1991

1999 1,470,100 1,580,039 93.0% 780 325 1,105 1,330 548 1,341 403 ap2000

2000 1,470,100 1,580,039 93.0% 777 322 1,099 1,337 521 1,315 404 ap2001

2001 1,470,100 1,580,039 93.0% 771 323 1,094 1,343 516 1,309 407 ap2002

2002 1,470,100 1,580,000 93.0% 787 334 1,121 1,311 506 1,308 410 ap2003

2003 1,470,100 1,580,000 93.0% 799 335 1,134 1,296 523 1,321 410 ap2004

2004 1,470,100 1,580,000 93.0% 814 349 1,163 1,264 520 1,261 413 ap2005

2010 1,152,710 1,199,332 96.1% 602 348 950 1,213 462 832 300 ap2011

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}
1958	4,000,000	5,300,000	75.5%	1,500	610	2,110	1,895	610	350	1,220	ap1971
1980	2,654,000	2,953,000	89.9%	904	436	1,340	1,980	480	2,452	592	ap1981
1990	3,025,900	3,117,470	97.1%	1,141	404	1,545	1,958	669	1,878	653	ap1991
1999	1,470,100	1,580,039	93.0%	780	325	1,105	1,330	548	1,341	403	ap2000
2000	1,470,100	1,580,039	93.0%	777	322	1,099	1,337	521	1,315	404	ap2001
2001	1,470,100	1,580,039	93.0%	771	323	1,094	1,343	516	1,309	407	ap2002
2002	1,470,100	1,580,000	93.0%	787	334	1,121	1,311	506	1,308	410	ap2003
2003	1,470,100	1,580,000	93.0%	799	335	1,134	1,296	523	1,321	410	ap2004
2004	1,470,100	1,580,000	93.0%	814	349	1,163	1,264	520	1,261	413	ap2005
2010	1,152,710	1,199,332	96.1%	602	348	950	1,213	462	832	300	ap2011

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Paul Albert † (Bishop: 18 Aug 1599 to 6 May 1600)
Franz Dominikus von Almesloe † (Priest: 24 Jun 1728; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jan 1743 to 1 Mar 1760)
Karl Augustin † (Priest: 17 Apr 1874; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Mar 1910 to 16 Sep 1919)
Franz Engelbert Barbo von Waxenstein † (Priest: 21 Mar 1688; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Mar 1703 to 25 Dec 1706)
Teodor Bensch † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Apr 1951 to 7 Jan 1958)
Adolf Bertram † (Bishop: 8 Sep 1914; Archbishop: 13 Aug 1930 to 6 Jul 1945)
Bernhard Bogedain † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Dec 1857 to 17 Oct 1860)
Johann Brunetti † (Priest: 23 Dec 1673; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Oct 1693 to 28 Mar 1703)
Joseph Deitmer † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Mar 1923 to 15 Jan 1929)
Johann Erler, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Aug 1447 to 1469)
Joseph Ferche † (Priest: 22 Jun 1911; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Aug 1940 to 27 Mar 1947)
Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster † (Priest: 17 Apr 1825; Bishop: 12 Sep 1853 to 20 Oct 1881)
Anton Frenzel † (Priest: 7 Mar 1818 to 27 Sep 1852)
Heinrich von Fulstein † (Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Aug 1505 to 7 Jun 1538)
Marcin Gerstmann † (Bishop: 31 Aug 1574 to 23 May 1585)
Hermann Gleich † (Priest: 30 Sep 1838; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Aug 1875 to 2 Apr 1900)
Robert Herzog † (Priest: 17 Jun 1848; Bishop: 24 Mar 1882 to 26 Dec 1886)
Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Priest: 19 Feb 1672; Bishop: 21 Mar 1672 to 19 Feb 1682)
Joseph Christian Franz de Paula zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein † (Priest: 17 May 1788; Coadjutor Bishop: 3 Aug 1789; Bishop: 5 Jan 1795 to 21 Jan 1817)
Johann Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen † (Priest: 1777 to 20 Jul 1778)
Andreas Jerin † (Bishop: 9 Sep 1585 to 5 Nov 1596)
Ignacy Ludwik Jeż † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1967 to 28 Jun 1972)
Franciszek Jop † (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 May 1967 to 28 Jun 1972)
Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller † (Priest: 20 Jun 1903 to 23 Jul 1930)
Wilhelm Atanazy Kloske † (Priest: 15 Jul 1877 to 29 Dec 1910)
Joseph Knauer † (Priest: 7 Mar 1789; Bishop: 27 Jan 1843 to 16 May 1844)
Bolesław Kominek † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Apr 1951; Archbishop: 28 Jun 1972 to 10 Mar 1974)
Georg von Kopp † (Bishop: 9 Aug 1887 to 4 Mar 1914)
Pawel Latusek † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jun 1972 to 16 Feb 1973)
Daniel Latussek † (Priest: 21 Sep 1811; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Feb 1838 to 17 Aug 1857)
Johann Balthasar Liesch von Hornau † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Nov 1625 to 13 Sep 1661)
Kaspar von Logau † (Bishop: 17 Apr 1562 to 4 Jun 1574)
Józef Marek † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Nov 1973 to 3 Mar 1978)
Heinrich Marx † (Priest: 12 Jun 1858; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jun 1900 to 25 Aug 1911)
Anton Ignaz Müntzer † (Priest: 8 Mar 1684; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Oct 1708 to 11 Jan 1714)
Karl Franz Neander von Petersheide † (Priest: 16 Apr 1650; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jun 1662 to 5 Feb 1693)
Piotr Nowak † (Bishop: 10 Oct 1447 to 6 Feb 1456)
Karl Joseph von Österreich † (Bishop: 23 Apr 1663 to 27 Jan 1664)
Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich † (Bishop: 21 Jan 1656 to 21 Nov 1662)
Leopold Pelldram † (Priest: 5 Apr 1835 to 27 Mar 1865)
Jan Pelletz (Pelec), O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Mar 1456)
Ferdinand de Piontek † (Priest: 20 Jul 1903 to 16 May 1959)
Wilhelm Pluta † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jul 1958 to 28 Jun 1972)
Baltazar von Promnitz † (Bishop: 21 Apr 1540 to 20 Jan 1562)
Franz Ludwig am Rhein zu Neuburg † (Bishop: 26 Aug 1683 to 18 Apr 1732)
Jodok von Rosenberg, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1456 to 15 Dec 1467)
Sebastian Ignaz von Rostock † (Bishop: 12 Jan 1665 to 9 Jun 1671)
Anton Ferdinand von Rothkirch und Panthen † (Priest: 19 Mar 1763; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jun 1781 to 21 Apr 1805)
Jakub von Salza † (Bishop: 24 Jul 1521 to 25 Aug 1539)
Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch † (Priest: 4 Oct 1738; Bishop: 5 Mar 1748 to 5 Jan 1795)
Gerhard Schaffran † (Priest: 1 Aug 1937 to 24 Nov 1962)
Leo Scheffczyk † (Priest: 29 Jun 1947 to 1 Jan 1999)
Christoph Emanuel (Krzysztof Emanuel) von Schimonski-Schimoni † (Priest: 1 Apr 1775; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 1797; Bishop: 3 May 1824 to 27 Dec 1832)
Konrad von Schlesien-Ols † (Bishop: 18 Jan 1418 to 28 Jul 1433)
Joseph Karl von Schuberth † (Priest: 20 Jun 1802; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Sep 1831 to 12 Aug 1835)
Anastasius Johannes Sedlag † (Priest: 16 Jun 1810 to 20 Jan 1834)
Leopold Sedlnitzky Odrowąż von Choltitz † (Priest: 8 Jun 1811; Bishop: 11 Jul 1836 to 10 Oct 1840)
Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf † (Bishop: 3 Sep 1732 to 28 Sep 1747)
Jan von Sitsch † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1600 to 25 Apr 1608)
Franz Sniegoń † (Priest: 28 Nov 1832; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Aug 1883 to 3 Jul 1891)
Elias Daniel von Sommerfeld † (Priest: 22 Mar 1704; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jun 1714 to 16 May 1742)
Jan Maurycy von Strachwitz † (Priest: 15 Feb 1744; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Apr 1761; Apostolic Administrator: 4 Apr 1766 to 28 Jan 1781)
Jerzy Stroba † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Oct 1967 to 28 Jun 1972)
Heinrich Theissing † (Priest: 21 Dec 1940 to 13 Mar 1963)
Jan Thurzo † (Coadjutor Bishop: 21 Jul 1503; Bishop: 21 Jan 1506 to 2 Aug 1520)
Paul Tkotsch † (Priest: 17 Mar 1923 to 13 Aug 1930)
Wincenty Urban † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jun 1972 to 13 Dec 1983)
Franciszek Ursinus † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jul 1614 to 16 Nov 1615)
Karl Ferdinand von Vasa (Wasa) † (Bishop: 22 Oct 1625 to 9 May 1655)
Carolus von Aulock † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Mar 1826 to 3 May 1830)
Melchior Ferdinand Joseph von Diepenbrock † (Bishop: 21 Apr 1845 to 20 Jan 1853)
Adrian Wlodarski † (Priest: 25 Mar 1830; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Mar 1861 to 30 May 1875)
Valentin Wojciech † (Priest: 11 Jun 1894; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Mar 1920 to 29 May 1940)
Andrzej Wronka † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Oct 1967 to 29 Aug 1974)
Bernard , O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 May 1447)

Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}

Archidioecesis Vratislaviensis

Bishop(s)

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General Information

Historical Details

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased