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Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Poland

Bishop
  
Piotr Libera

Established
  
10th Century

Area
  
11,000 km²

Auxiliary bishop
  
Mirosław Milewski

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Kazimierz Nycz

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 793,367 780,899 (98.4%)

Cathedral
  
Katedra pw. św. Zygmunta (Cathedral of St. Mary of Masovia)

Auxiliary Bishops
  
Roman Adam Marcinkowski Mirosław Milewski

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warsaw

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock (Latin: Plocen(sis)) is an diocese located in the city of Płock in the Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland.

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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

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika pw. Zwiastowania NMP, Czerwińsk
    (Assumption)
  • Bazylika pw. Zwiastowania NMP (Parafię św. Mateusza), Pułtusk
    (Annunciation)

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Płock (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Wojciech Baranowski (1591 – 1607)
  • Archbishop Henryk Firlej (1617 – 1624)
  • Bishop Jan Gembicki (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 Antoni Sebastian Dembowski (1737 – ?)
  • Bishop Józef Eustachy Szembek (1753 – 1758)
  • Archbishop Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (1773 – 1784)
  • Bishop Iraklij Listovskyj (1783 – 1809.08.30)
  • Bishop Krysztof Hilary Szembek (1784.10.02 – 1797.09.05)
  • Bishop Ivan Krasovskyj (1809.09.22 – 1826)
  • Bishop Tomasz Ostaszewski, S.J. (1815.09.04 – 1817.01.17)
  • Bishop Adam Michał Prażmowski (1818 – ?)
  • Archbishop Vincent Teofilo Popiel (1863.03.16 – 1875.07.05)
  • Archbishop Francesco Albino Symon (1897.07.21 – 1901.04.15)
  • Archbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek (1901 – 1903)
  • Archbishop Apollinare Wnukowski (1904.04.01 – 1908)
  • Archbishop Antonio Giuliano Nowowiejski (1908.06.12 – 1941.05.28)
  • Bishop Tadeusz Paweł Zakrzewski (1946.04.12 – 1961.11.26)
  • Bishop Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski (1964.01.21 – 1988.02.04)
  • Archbishop Zygmunt Kamiński (1988.02.04 – 1999.05.01)
  • Archbishop Stanisław Wojciech Wielgus (1999.05.24 – 2006.12.06)
  • Bishop Piotr Libera (since 2007.05.02)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock Wikipedia
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