The Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek Latin: Vladislavien(sis), until the 20th century known as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kujawy, is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno in westrn Poland.
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Minor Basilica: Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP in the city of Włocławek, in Kujawsko-Pomorskie.
It has two more Minor Basilicas:
Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń (Bazylika MB Bolesnej Królowej Polski), in Licheń Stary, WielkopolskieBazylika Wniebowzięcia NMP, in Zduńska Wola, Łódzkie.The diocese is currently headed by the Bishop Wiesław Mering, appointed in 2003.
We disregard the presumably merely-legendary precursor(?) Diocese of Kruszwica (966–1156)Established in 1015 as Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze (i.e. Kujawy–Pomerania) / Kruszwicka (Polish) / Cuiavia–Pomerania (Curiate Italian), on territory split off from the suppressed Diocese of Kolberg (Kołobrzeg)Renamed in 1148 as Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze / Cuiavia–Pomerania (Italiano) / since ca. 1124/26 called Włocławek after its seeGained territory in 1633 from the Diocese of PłockRenamed on 1818.06.30 as Diocese of Kujawy–Kaliska / Cuiavia–Kalisz (Italiano), having lost territories to its Metropolitan the Archdiocese of Gniezno, to Diocese of Poznań, to Diocese of Wrocław and to Diocese of Płock.Renamed on 1925.10.28 after its see as Diocese of Włocławek / Wladislavia / Vladislavien(sis) (Latin adjective)Lost territory on 1992.03.25 to establish the Diocese of Kalisz.It enjoyed Papal visits from the Polish Pope John Paul II in June 1991 and June 1999.As per 2014, it pastorally served 762,750 Catholics (99.1% of 769,937 total) on 8,824 km² in 232 parishes and 132 missions with 568 priests (481 diocesan, 87 religious), 452 lay religious (124 brothers, 328 sisters) and 60 seminarians.
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Imported from List of bishops of Kujawy (Włocławek)BIOS to CHECK/ELABORATE
Suffragan Bishops of Kujawy–Pomorze(Kujawy–Pomerania, Włocławek) (1133–1818)
attested from 1133 – Swidger1148–1156? – Wernerattested 1161–1180 – Onoldattested 1187–1198 – Stefanattested 1206?– 1212 – Ogeriusattested 1213–1220 – Bartha1222–1252 – Michał1252–1275 – Wolimir1275–1283 – Albierz/Wojciech1284–1300 – Wisław1300–1323 – Gerward1324–1364 – Maciej z Gołańczy1364–1383 – Zbylut z Wąsosza1383–1383 – Trojan1384–1389 – Jan Kropidło1389–1398 – Henry VIII of Legnica (Henryk VIII legnicki)1399–1402 – Mikołaj Kurowski1402–1421 – Jan Kropidło (again)1421–1427 – Jan Pella1427–1433 – Jan Szafraniec1433–1449 – Władysław Oporowski1449–1450 – Mikołaj Lasocki1450–1463 – Jan Gruszczyński1463–1464 – Jan Lutek1464–1472 – Jakub z Sienna1473–1480 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki1481–1483 – Andrzej Oporowski1484–1493 – Piotr Moszyński1494–1503 – Krzesław Kurozwęcki1503–1513 – Wincenty Przerębski1513–1531 – Maciej Drzewicki1531–1538 – Jan Karnkowski1538–1542 – Łukasz II Górka1542–1546 – Mikołaj Dzierzgowski1546–1551 – Andrzej Zebrzydowski1551–1557 – Jan Drohojowskii1557–1565 – Jakub Uchański1565–1567 – Mikołaj Wolski1567–1580 – Stanisław Karnkowski1581–1600 – Hieronim Rozrażewski1600–1603 – Jan Tarnowski1603–1607 – Piotr Tylicki1608–1608 – Wojciech Baranowski1608–1610 – Maciej Pstrokoński1610–1616 – Wawrzyniec Gembicki1616–1622 – Paweł Wołucki1622–1631 – Andrzej Lipski1631–1642 – Maciej Łubieński1642–1654 – Mikołaj Wojciech Gniewosz1654–1673 – Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski1674–1675 – Jan Gembicki1675–1680 – Stanisław Sarnowski1680–1691 – Bonawentura Madaliński1691–1700 – Stanisław Dąmbski1700–1705 – Stanisław Szembek1705–1720 – Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski1720–1735 – Krzysztof Antoni Szembek1735–1741 – Adam Stanisław Grabowski1741–1751 – Walenty Aleksander Czapski1751–1763 – Antoni Sebastian Dembowski1763–1776 – Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski1777–1806 – Józef Ignacy Rybiński1806–1815 – vacant1815–1818 – Franciszek MalczewskiSuffragan Bishops of Kujawy–Kaliska1818–1822 – Andrzej Wołłowicz1822–1831 – Józef Szczepan Koźmian1831–1836 – vacant1836–1850 – Walenty Maciej Bończa1850–1856 – vacant1856–1867 – Jan Michał Marszewski1867–1876 – vacancy1876–1883 – Wincenty Teofil Popiel1883–1902 – Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz1902–1925 – Stanisław Kazimierz ZdzitowieckiSuffragan Bishops of Włocławek1925–1927 – Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki1927–1928 – Władysław Paweł Krynicki1928–1951 – Karol Mieczysław Radoński1951–1968 – Antoni Pawłowski1969–1986 – Jan Zaręba1987–1992 – Henryk Muszyński1992–2003 – Bronisław Dembowski2003 – present – Wiesław Mering1514–? – Aleksander Myszczynski1581–1585 – Maciej Wielicki1597–1617 – Franciszek Lanczki1617–1632 – Balthasar Miaskowski1634–1638 – Krzysztof Charbicki1639–1643 – Wenceslaus Paprocki1643–1652 – Piotr Mieszkowski (titular bishop of Margarita)1652–? – Valerius Wilezogerzosi1653–1677 – Stanisław Domaniewski1678–1696 – Piotr Mieszkowski (titular bishop of Marocco o Marruecos)1695–? – Andreas Albinowski1709–1723 – Wojciech Ignacy Bardziński1725–1736 – Franciszek Antoni Kobielski1737–1739 – Aleksander Działyński1740–1759 – Franciszek Kanigowski1759–1788 – Jan Dembowski1766–1775 – Cyprian Kazimierz von Wolicki1775–1781 – Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz1781–1799 – Ludwik Stanisław Górski1789–1793 – Marcin Chyczewski1794–1819 – Feliks Łukasz Lewiński1819–1825 – Józef Marcelin Dzięcielski1838–1844 – Józef Joachim Goldtmann1844–1861 – Taddeo Łubieński1884–1898 – Carlo Pollner1884–1889 – Henryk Piotr Kossowski1918–1938 – Wojciech Stanisław Owczarek1918–1927 – Władysław Paweł Krynicki, Appointed Bishop of Włocławek1939–1943 – Bl. Michaël Kozal1962–1979 – Kazimierz Jan Majdański1946–1972 – Franciszek Salezy Korszyński1963–1969 – Jan Zareba, Appointed Bishop of Włocławek1973–1997 – Czeslaw Lewandowski1981–2003 – Roman Andrzejewski1999–present – Stanisław Gębicki 
