Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze) (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski, Bishop
Wiesław Alojzy Mering, Bishop Emeritus
Stanisław Gębicki, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 996
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gniezno
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Poland
Square Kilometers: 8,824 (3,408 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.diecezja.wloclawek.pl/
Mailing Address: Kuria Diecezjalna, ul. Gdanska 2/4, 87-800 Wlockawek, Polska
Telephone: (051)801.45.00
Fax: (054)231.28.31

Past and Present Ordinaries

Werner , O. Praem. † ( 1148 Appointed - 1156 Appointed, Bishop of Płock)
Stefan † ( 1191 Appointed - 1198 Died)
Ogerius † ( 1198 Appointed - 1207 Died)
Bartha † ( 1207 Appointed - 24 Jun 1213 Died)
Michael Godziemba † ( 1213 Appointed - 19 Dec 1252 Died)
Wolimir † ( 1253 Appointed - 29 May 1274 Died)
Wojciech (Albierz) † (16 Aug 1279 Appointed - 5 Dec 1283 Died)
Wisław † ( 1284 Appointed - 27 Nov 1300 Died)
Gerward † (17 Aug 1301 Appointed - 1 Nov 1323 Died)
Maciej z Golańczy † (3 Dec 1323 Appointed - 1364 Resigned)
Zbylut z Wąsoczy † (4 Dec 1364 Appointed - Jun 1383 Died)
Jan Kropidło † ( 1384 Appointed - 19 Mar 1389 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Henryk Legnicki † (14 May 1389 Appointed - 12 Dec 1398 Died)
Mikołaj Kurowski † (26 Apr 1399 Appointed - 23 Jan 1402 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Jan Kropidło † (27 Jan 1402 Appointed - 3 Mar 1421 Died)
Jan Pella † ( 1421 Appointed - 1428 Died)
Jan Szafraniec † (10 Sep 1428 Confirmed - 28 Jul 1433 Died)
Władysław Oporowski † (1 Mar 1434 Appointed - 25 Jun 1449 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Mikołaj Lasocki † (17 Jul 1449 Appointed - 9 Sep 1450 Died)
Jan Gruszczyński † (12 Jan 1451 Appointed - 14 Dec 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
Jan Lutek † (14 Dec 1463 Confirmed - 19 Oct 1464 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
Jakub Sienieński (z Sienna) † (19 Oct 1464 Appointed - 17 Dec 1473 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Zbigniew z Oleśnicki † (11 Dec 1473 Appointed - 12 Oct 1481 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Andrzej Oporowski † (12 Oct 1481 Appointed - Apr 1483 Died)
Piotr z Bnina Moszyński † (20 Oct 1483 Appointed - 7 Mar 1494 Died)
Krzesław z Kurozwęk † (17 Oct 1494 Confirmed - 5 Apr 1503 Died)
Wincenty Przerębski † (29 Nov 1503 Appointed - 20 Sep 1513 Died)
Maciej Drzewiecki † (4 Nov 1513 Appointed - 4 Aug 1531 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Jan Karnkowski † (4 Aug 1531 Appointed - 2 Dec 1537 Died)
Łukasz Górka † (25 Jun 1538 Appointed - 3 Oct 1542 Died)
Mikołaj Dzierżgowski † (30 Mar 1543 Appointed - 19 Feb 1546 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Andrzej Zebrzydowski † (19 Mar 1546 Appointed - 25 Feb 1551 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
Jan Drohojowski † (25 Feb 1551 Appointed - 25 Jun 1557 Died)
Jakub Uchański † (2 Jun 1561 Appointed - 31 Aug 1562 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Mikołaj Wolski † (31 Aug 1562 Appointed - 1567 Died)
Stanisław Karnkowski † (1 Oct 1567 Appointed - 7 Aug 1581 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Stanisław Rozrażewski † (6 Nov 1581 Appointed - 9 Feb 1600 Died)
Jan Tarnowski † (12 Jun 1600 Appointed - 29 Mar 1604 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Piotr Tylicki † (14 Jun 1604 Appointed - 1 Jan 1607 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
Wojciech Baranowski † (14 May 1607 Appointed - 28 Jul 1608 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Maciej Pstrokoński † (5 Nov 1608 Appointed - 30 Jun 1609 Died)
Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (19 Apr 1610 Appointed - 14 Mar 1616 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Paweł Wołucki † (19 May 1616 Appointed - 15 Nov 1622 Died)
Andrzej Lipski † (20 Nov 1623 Appointed - 2 Dec 1630 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
Maciej Łubieński † (24 Mar 1631 Appointed - 27 Nov 1641 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Nicolas Albert Gniewosz de Olexow † (13 Jan 1642 Appointed - 1654 Died)
Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski † (31 May 1655 Confirmed - 27 Nov 1673 Confirmed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Jan Gembicki † (12 Mar 1674 Appointed - Mar 1675 Died)
Stanisław Sarnowski † (24 May 1677 Appointed - 11 Dec 1680 Died)
Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (2 Jun 1681 Appointed - 11 Nov 1691 Died)
Stanisław Kazimierz Dąmbski † (7 Jul 1692 Appointed - 30 Mar 1700 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
Stanisław Szembek † (21 Jun 1700 Appointed - 7 Jun 1706 Confirmed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (25 Jun 1706 Confirmed - 3 Jul 1720 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
Krzysztof Antoni Szembek † (22 Jul 1720 Appointed - 22 Jun 1739 Confirmed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Adam Stanisław Grabowski † (15 Jul 1739 Confirmed - 18 Sep 1741 Confirmed, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland))
Walenty Alexander Czapski, O. Cist. † (20 Dec 1741 Confirmed - 4 Mar 1751 Died)
Antoni Sebastian Dembowski † (18 Dec 1752 Confirmed - 17 Sep 1763 Died)
Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski † (17 Sep 1763 Succeeded - 23 Jun 1777 Confirmed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Józef Ignacy Tadeusz Rybiński † (23 Jun 1777 Appointed - 4 Jan 1806 Died)
Franciszek Skarbek von Malczewski † (4 Sep 1815 Appointed - 2 Oct 1818 Appointed, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw})
Andreas Wołłowicz † (29 Mar 1819 Appointed - 9 Mar 1822 Died)
Józef Szczepan Koźmian † (10 Mar 1823 Appointed - 29 Jan 1831 Died)
Walenty Maciej Tomaszewski † (21 Nov 1836 Appointed - 18 Jan 1851 Died)
Nicolas Blocki † (17 Feb 1851 Appointed - 28 Feb 1851 Died)
Michal Jan Marszewski † (18 Sep 1856 Appointed - 3 Sep 1867 Died)
Wincenty Teofil Chosciak-Popiel † (5 Jul 1875 Appointed - 15 Mar 1883 Appointed, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw})
Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (15 Mar 1883 Appointed - Nov 1901 Resigned)
Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (9 Jun 1902 Appointed - 11 Feb 1927 Died)
Władysław Paweł Krynicki † (21 Nov 1927 Appointed - 7 Dec 1928 Died)
Karol Mieczysław Radoński † (5 Apr 1929 Appointed - 16 Mar 1951 Died)
Antoni Pawłowski † (22 Apr 1950 Appointed - 16 Sep 1968 Died)
Jan Zareba † (20 Oct 1969 Appointed - 22 Nov 1986 Died)
Henryk Józef Muszyński (19 Dec 1987 Appointed - 25 Mar 1992 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Bronisław Jan Maria Dembowski † (25 Mar 1992 Appointed - 25 Mar 2003 Retired)
Wiesław Alojzy Mering (25 Mar 2003 Appointed - 27 Apr 2021 Retired)
Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski (27 Apr 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
996	Erected		Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze) (erected)
7 February 1919	Territory Added	Diocese of Kielce (Budnik Maly)	Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
15 May 1922	Territory Added	Diocese of Kielce (Rudnik Wielki)	Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
28 October 1925	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze) (from Warszawa {Warsaw})
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Diocese of Częstochowa (Bolesławiec (except Skomlin), Lututów (except Naramice), Wieruszów) Archdiocese of Gniezno (Czermin, Jarocin, Pleszew) Diocese of Opole (Uszyce and Zdziechowice (in Gorzów Śląski)) Archdiocese of Poznań (Bralin, Kępno, Koźmin, Krotoszyn, Odolanów, Ołobok, Ostrów I, Ostrów II, Ostrzeszów) Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze) (Błaszki, Kalisz I, Kalisz II, Koźminek, Stawiszyn, Złoczew) Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia} (Syców (except Poniatowice), Twardogóra, along with Cieszków, Gądkowice, and Trzebicko (in Milicz))	Diocese of Kalisz (erected)
23 March 2004	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Poznań (Boundaries adjusted) Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze) (Boundaries adjusted)	Archdiocese of Gniezno (Boundaries adjusted)

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

2010 767,511 775,245 99.0% 465 90 555 1,382 168 402 232 ap2011

2014 762,750 769,937 99.1% 481 87 568 1,342 124 328 232 ap2015

2017 743,196 750,751 99.0% 473 135 608 1,222 182 315 232 ap2018

2020 751,340 760,743 98.8% 472 113 585 1,284 2 163 325 233 ap2021

2022 748,506 758,348 98.7% 460 106 566 1,322 1 148 315 233 ap2023

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
2010	767,511	775,245	99.0%	465	90	555	1,382		168	402	232	ap2011
2014	762,750	769,937	99.1%	481	87	568	1,342		124	328	232	ap2015
2017	743,196	750,751	99.0%	473	135	608	1,222		182	315	232	ap2018
2020	751,340	760,743	98.8%	472	113	585	1,284	2	163	325	233	ap2021
2022	748,506	758,348	98.7%	460	106	566	1,322	1	148	315	233	ap2023