List of bishops of Warmia
This is a list of Bishops and Prince-Bishops of the Diocese of Warmia (Polish: Diecezja warmińska, Latin: Dioecesis Varmiensis, German: Bistum Ermland), which was elevated to the Archdiocese of Warmia in 1992.
The Bishopric was founded in 1243 as the Bishopric of Ermland, one of four bishoprics of Teutonic Prussia. In 1356 it became an Imperial Prince-Bishopric under Emperor Charles IV, and from 1512 until 1930 it was an exempt diocese. From 1947 to 1972 the episcopal see was left vacant following the expulsion of the German population and the Bishop of Ermland from Prussia. The cathedral capitular canons elected capitular vicars for the time sede vacante, recognised by the Holy See.
In 1972 the Holy See installed a new Polish diocese, which in 1992 was elevated to an archdiocese.
Bishops of Ermland / Warmia[]
- 1249–1250 , elected, never actually took office
- 1250–1274 Anselm of Meissen, first actual bishop to be active in Ermland, from 1253 suffragan of the Archdiocese of Riga
- 1278–1300 (Henryk Fleming)
- 1301–1326 (Nysa, Poland) (Neiße)
- 1327–1328
- 1329–1334 ()
- 1334–1337 sede vacante
- 1337–1349 (Herman z Pragi) (Prague)
- 1350–1355
Prince-Bishops of Ermland / Warmia[]
- 1355–1373 (), designated Prince-Bishop by the Golden Bull
- 1373–1401 ()
- 1401–1415 (Vogelsang)
- 1415–1424 Johannes Abezier
- 1424–1457 (Franciszek Kuhschmalz)
- 1457–1458 Enea Silvio Piccolomini
- 1458–1467 (Legendorf)
- 1467–1489 Nicolaus von Tüngen (Mikołaj Tungen)
- 1489–1512 Lucas Watzenrode
- 1512–1523 , from 1512 de facto exempt, integration into the Archdiocese of Gniezno having failed
- 1523–1537 Mauritius Ferber
- 1537–1548 Johannes Dantiscus (Jan Dantyszek, also known as The Father of Polish Diplomacy)
- 1549–1550 Tiedemann Giese
- 1551–1579 Stanislaus Hosius, from 1566 de jure exempt with Riga dissolved
- 1579–1589 Martin Kromer
- 1589–1599 Andrew Báthory
- 1600–1604
- 1604–1621
- 1621–1633 John Albert Vasa
- 1633–1643 Mikołaj Szyszkowski
- 1643–1644
- 1644–1659
- 1659–1679
- 1680–1688 Michał Stefan Radziejowski
- 1688–1697
- 1698–1711 Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski
- 1711–1723 Teodor Andrzej Potocki
- 1724–1740 [1] (1680–1740)
- 1741–1766 Adam Stanisław Grabowski (1698–1766)
- 1767–1795 Ignacy Krasicki
- 1795–1803
- 1803–1808 sede vacante
- 1808–1836
Bishops[]
- 1836–1841
- 1841–1867
- 1867–1885 Philipp Krementz
- 1886–1908 Andreas Thiel
- 1908–1930 Augustinus Bludau
- 1930–1947 Maximilian Kaller, suffragan of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Breslau/Wrocław since 1930. Kaller remained bishop until 1947, even though expelled from Warmia in 1946.
- 1947–1972 sede vacante
- 1947–1957: (1883–1957), as vicar capitular; also vicar general for the diocesan area under Soviet rule from 1945 to 1957
- 1957–1972: (1900–1988), as vicar capitular
- 1972–1978 Józef Drzazga, suffragan of Archdiocese of Warsaw
- 1979–1981 Józef Glemp
- 1981–1988 Jan Władysław Obłąk
- 1988–1992 Edmund Michał Piszcz, elevated as archbishop in 1992
Archbishops[]
- 1992–2006 Edmund Michał Piszcz, bishop from 1988
- 2006–2016 Wojciech Ziemba
- since 2016
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- Bishops of Warmia