Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock
Diocese of Płock Dioecesis Plocensis Diecezja Płocka | |
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Location | |
Country | Poland |
Ecclesiastical province | Warszawa |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Warszawa |
Statistics | |
Area | 11,000 km2 (4,200 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2013) 793,367 780,899 (98.4%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 1075 |
Cathedral | Bazylika katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny Cathedral of St. Mary of Masovia in Płock |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Piotr Libera |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz |
Auxiliary Bishops | Mirosław Milewski |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock (Latin: Plocen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Płock in the Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland.
Sunday mass attendance in 2013 was 30.7% of the population (39.1% Polish average) placing it to the group of less religious dioceses in the country.
History[]
- 1075: Established as Diocese of Płock[1]
- During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Archbishop of Płock Antoni Julian Nowowiejski and the auxiliary Bishop Leon Wetmański were imprisoned in the village of Słupno, and then in 1941 murdered in the Soldau concentration camp, where also many other priests from Płock were killed.[2] Nowowiejski and Wetmański are now considered two of the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs of World War II by the Catholic Church. The Cathedral's ancient treasury, church archives and the diocesan library in Płock were robbed by the Germans, and taken to museums in Königsberg, Wrocław and Berlin.[3]
- 2018: Płock Cathedral along with the entire Wzgórze Tumskie ("Tumskie Hill") listed by the President of Poland as a Historic Monument of Poland.[4]
Special churches[]
- Minor Basilicas:
Leadership[]
- Bishops of Płock (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Wojciech Baranowski (1591–1607)
- Archbishop Henryk Firlej (1617–1624)
- Bishop (1655.05.11 – 1674.03.13)
- Bishop Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski (1692.10.15 – 1699.05.25)
- Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski (1723.11.22 – 1736.11.19)
- Bishop (1737–?)
- Bishop (1753–1758)
- Archbishop Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (1773–1784)
- Bishop (1783 – 1809.08.30)
- Bishop (1784.10.02 – 1797.09.05)
- Bishop (1809.09.22 – 1826)
- Bishop , S.J. (1815.09.04 – 1817.01.17)
- Bishop (1818–?)
- Archbishop Wincenty Teofil Popiel (1863.03.16 – 1875.07.05)
- Archbishop (1897.07.21 – 1901.04.15)
- Archbishop (1901–1903)
- Archbishop (1904.04.01 – 1908)
- Archbishop Antoni Julian Nowowiejski (1908.06.12 – 1941.05.28)
- Bishop Tadeusz Paweł Zakrzewski (1946.04.12 – 1961.11.26)
- Bishop (1964.01.21 – 1988.02.04)
- Archbishop Zygmunt Kamiński (1988.02.04 – 1999.05.01)
- Archbishop Stanisław Wielgus (1999.05.24 – 2006.12.06)
- Bishop Piotr Libera (since 2007.05.02)
See also[]
- Roman Catholicism in Poland
References[]
- ^ Jerzy Kloczowski (2000). A History of Polish Christianity. Cambridge University Press. p. 15. ISBN 9780521364294. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
- ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 233 (in Polish)
- ^ Wardzyńska, p. 224
- ^ Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 20 kwietnia 2018 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Płock - Wzgórze Tumskie", Dz. U. z 2018 r. poz. 1003
Sources[]
Coordinates: 52°32′28″N 19°41′23″E / 52.5410°N 19.6898°E
Categories:
- 11th-century establishments in Poland
- 1075 establishments in Europe
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland
- Religious organizations established in the 1070s
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