Diocese of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten

Historical Details

• Diocese of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 15 January 1685
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gniezno
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Poland

• Diocese of Wenden (Windau)
  • Latin Name: Vendensis
  • Erected: 1 May 1585
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gniezno
  • Country: Poland

• Diocese of Inflanty (Livonia)
  • Latin Name: Venensis seu Livoniensis
  • Name Changed: 19 September 1684
  • Country: Poland
  • Description: (modern day Estonia and Latvia)

Past Ordinaries

• Aleksander Mieliński, C.R.S.A. † (11 May 1583 Appointed - 4 Mar 1584 Died)
• Andrzej Patrycy Nidecki † (20 May 1585 Appointed - 2 Jan 1587 Died)
• Otto Schenking † (19 Feb 1590 Appointed - 20 Jun 1637 Died)
• Mikołaj Krosnowski † (27 Nov 1641 Appointed - 12 Jun 1645 Appointed, Archbishop of Lviv)
• Jan Pac † (16 Sep 1647 Appointed - 1649 Resigned)
• Aleksander Krzysztof Chodkiewicz (Kodkiewicz) † (28 Oct 1651 Appointed - 1 Oct 1676 Died)
• Mikołaj Popławski † (15 Jan 1685 Appointed - 21 Jul 1710 Appointed, Archbishop of Lviv)
• Teodor von Ludinghausen Wolff † (21 Jul 1710 Succeeded - 10 Nov 1710 Appointed, Bishop of Chełm)
• Krzysztof Antoni Szembek † (23 Feb 1711 Appointed - 1 Jul 1716 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Piotr Tarło † ( 1717 Appointed - 16 Dec 1720 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Stanisław Józef Hozjusz † (16 Sep 1720 Appointed - 14 Jan 1722 Appointed, Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec))
• Adam Augustyn Wessel, O. Cist. † (12 Jun 1724 Confirmed - 11 May 1733 Appointed, Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec))
• Konstanty Moszyński, O.S.P.P.E. † (22 Jun 1733 Appointed - 9 Sep 1738 Died)
• Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski † (9 Sep 1738 Succeeded - 16 Nov 1739 Appointed, Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec))
• Józef Dominik Puzyna † (16 Sep 1740 Appointed - 5 Mar 1752 Died)
• Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski † (9 Apr 1753 Confirmed - 17 Sep 1763 Succeeded, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Jan Stefan Giedroyć † (22 Apr 1765 Confirmed - 30 Mar 1778 Confirmed, Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź))
• Antoni Maciej Sierakowski † (20 Jul 1778 Confirmed - 21 Mar 1781 Died)
• Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski † (17 Sep 1781 Appointed - 9 May 1794 Died)
• Jan Nepomucen Kossakowski † (10 May 1794 Succeeded - 17 Nov 1798 Appointed, Bishop of Vilnius)

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Barthelemy Butler † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 1621)
• Aleksander Krzysztof Chodkiewicz (Kodkiewicz) † (Bishop: 28 Oct 1651 to 1 Oct 1676)
• Franciszek Kazimierz Dowgiałło Zawisza † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Apr 1744 to 2 Jun 1766)
• Jan Stefan Giedroyć † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1765 to 30 Mar 1778)
• Stanisław Józef Hozjusz † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1720 to 14 Jan 1722)
• Adam Korwin Kossakowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jun 1795 to 4 May 1828)
• Jan Nepomucen Kossakowski † (Coadjutor Bishop: 23 Sep 1793; Bishop: 10 May 1794 to 17 Nov 1798)
• Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1781 to 9 May 1794)
• Mikołaj Krosnowski † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1641 to 12 Jun 1645)
• Józef Antoni Łodziński, O.F.M. Conv. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Mar 1729 to 1743)
• Teodor von Ludinghausen Wolff † (Coadjutor Bishop: 14 Mar 1701; Bishop: 21 Jul 1710 to 10 Nov 1710)
• Aleksander Mieliński, C.R.S.A. † (Bishop: 11 May 1583 to 4 Mar 1584)
• Konstanty Moszyński, O.S.P.P.E. † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1733 to 9 Sep 1738)
• Andrzej Patrycy Nidecki † (Bishop: 20 May 1585 to 2 Jan 1587)
• Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1753 to 17 Sep 1763)
• Jan Pac † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1647 to 1649)
• Jerzy Pawłowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jun 1780)
• Mikołaj Popławski † (Bishop: 15 Jan 1685 to 21 Jul 1710)
• Józef Dominik Puzyna † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1740 to 5 Mar 1752)
• Otto Schenking † (Bishop: 19 Feb 1590 to 20 Jun 1637)
• Antoni Maciej Sierakowski † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1778 to 21 Mar 1781)
• Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski † (Coadjutor Bishop: 30 Sep 1737; Bishop: 9 Sep 1738 to 16 Nov 1739)
• Konstanty Leon Sosnowski, O.S.P.P.E. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Feb 1767 to 16 Jun 1780)
• Krzysztof Antoni Szembek † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1711 to 1 Jul 1716)
• Piotr Tarło † (Bishop: 1717 to 16 Dec 1720)
• Adam Augustyn Wessel, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1724 to 11 May 1733)

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