Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelplin

Diocese of Pelplin Dioecesis Pelplinensis Diecezja Pelplińska
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Pelplin
Location
Country	Poland
Metropolitan	Gdańsk
Statistics
Area
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
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ryszard Kasyna
Metropolitan Archbishop	Sławoj Leszek Głódź
Auxiliary Bishops	Wiesław Śmigiel
Emeritus Bishops	Piotr Krupa
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelplin (Latin: Pelplinen(sis); Kashubian: Pelplińskô diecezjô) is an diocese located in the city of Pelplin in the Ecclesiastical province of Gdańsk in Poland.

History

• 1243: Established as Diocese of Chelmno
• March 25, 1992: Renamed as Diocese of Pelplin

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 Ryszard Kasyna (since 2012.12.08)
  • Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga (1992.03.25 - 2012.04.25)
• 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)
  • 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

• Roman Catholicism in Poland
• Bishop Konstantyn Dominik

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website
• Servant of God, Bishop Konstantyn Dominik