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, Wielkopolskie
Bazylika 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 see
Gained territory in 1633 from the Diocese of Płock
Renamed 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.
(all Roman rite)
Imported from List of bishops of Kujawy (Włocławek)
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Suffragan Bishops of Kujawy–Pomorze
(Kujawy–Pomerania, Włocławek) (1133–1818)
attested from 1133 – Swidger
1148–1156? – Werner
attested 1161–1180 – Onold
attested 1187–1198 – Stefan
attested 1206?– 1212 – Ogerius
attested 1213–1220 – Bartha
1222–1252 – Michał
1252–1275 – Wolimir
1275–1283 – Albierz/Wojciech
1284–1300 – Wisław
1300–1323 – Gerward
1324–1364 – Maciej z Gołańczy
1364–1383 – Zbylut z Wąsosza
1383–1383 – Trojan
1384–1389 – Jan Kropidło
1389–1398 – Henry VIII of Legnica (Henryk VIII legnicki)
1399–1402 – Mikołaj Kurowski
1402–1421 – Jan Kropidło (again)
1421–1427 – Jan Pella
1427–1433 – Jan Szafraniec
1433–1449 – Władysław Oporowski
1449–1450 – Mikołaj Lasocki
1450–1463 – Jan Gruszczyński
1463–1464 – Jan Lutek
1464–1472 – Jakub z Sienna
1473–1480 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki
1481–1483 – Andrzej Oporowski
1484–1493 – Piotr Moszyński
1494–1503 – Krzesław Kurozwęcki
1503–1513 – Wincenty Przerębski
1513–1531 – Maciej Drzewicki
1531–1538 – Jan Karnkowski
1538–1542 – Łukasz II Górka
1542–1546 – Mikołaj Dzierzgowski
1546–1551 – Andrzej Zebrzydowski
1551–1557 – Jan Drohojowskii
1557–1565 – Jakub Uchański
1565–1567 – Mikołaj Wolski
1567–1580 – Stanisław Karnkowski
1581–1600 – Hieronim Rozrażewski
1600–1603 – Jan Tarnowski
1603–1607 – Piotr Tylicki
1608–1608 – Wojciech Baranowski
1608–1610 – Maciej Pstrokoński
1610–1616 – Wawrzyniec Gembicki
1616–1622 – Paweł Wołucki
1622–1631 – Andrzej Lipski
1631–1642 – Maciej Łubieński
1642–1654 – Mikołaj Wojciech Gniewosz
1654–1673 – Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski
1674–1675 – Jan Gembicki
1675–1680 – Stanisław Sarnowski
1680–1691 – Bonawentura Madaliński
1691–1700 – Stanisław Dąmbski
1700–1705 – Stanisław Szembek
1705–1720 – Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski
1720–1735 – Krzysztof Antoni Szembek
1735–1741 – Adam Stanisław Grabowski
1741–1751 – Walenty Aleksander Czapski
1751–1763 – Antoni Sebastian Dembowski
1763–1776 – Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski
1777–1806 – Józef Ignacy Rybiński
1806–1815 – vacant
1815–1818 – Franciszek Malczewski
Suffragan Bishops of Kujawy–Kaliska
1818–1822 – Andrzej Wołłowicz
1822–1831 – Józef Szczepan Koźmian
1831–1836 – vacant
1836–1850 – Walenty Maciej Bończa
1850–1856 – vacant
1856–1867 – Jan Michał Marszewski
1867–1876 – vacancy
1876–1883 – Wincenty Teofil Popiel
1883–1902 – Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz
1902–1925 – Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki
Suffragan Bishops of Włocławek
1925–1927 – Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki
1927–1928 – Władysław Paweł Krynicki
1928–1951 – Karol Mieczysław Radoński
1951–1968 – Antoni Pawłowski
1969–1986 – Jan Zaręba
1987–1992 – Henryk Muszyński
1992–2003 – Bronisław Dembowski
2003 – present – Wiesław Mering
1514–? – Aleksander Myszczynski
1581–1585 – Maciej Wielicki
1597–1617 – Franciszek Lanczki
1617–1632 – Balthasar Miaskowski
1634–1638 – Krzysztof Charbicki
1639–1643 – Wenceslaus Paprocki
1643–1652 – Piotr Mieszkowski (titular bishop of Margarita)
1652–? – Valerius Wilezogerzosi
1653–1677 – Stanisław Domaniewski
1678–1696 – Piotr Mieszkowski (titular bishop of Marocco o Marruecos)
1695–? – Andreas Albinowski
1709–1723 – Wojciech Ignacy Bardziński
1725–1736 – Franciszek Antoni Kobielski
1737–1739 – Aleksander Działyński
1740–1759 – Franciszek Kanigowski
1759–1788 – Jan Dembowski
1766–1775 – Cyprian Kazimierz von Wolicki
1775–1781 – Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz
1781–1799 – Ludwik Stanisław Górski
1789–1793 – Marcin Chyczewski
1794–1819 – Feliks Łukasz Lewiński
1819–1825 – Józef Marcelin Dzięcielski
1838–1844 – Józef Joachim Goldtmann
1844–1861 – Taddeo Łubieński
1884–1898 – Carlo Pollner
1884–1889 – Henryk Piotr Kossowski
1918–1938 – Wojciech Stanisław Owczarek
1918–1927 – Władysław Paweł Krynicki, Appointed Bishop of Włocławek
1939–1943 – Bl. Michaël Kozal
1962–1979 – Kazimierz Jan Majdański
1946–1972 – Franciszek Salezy Korszyński
1963–1969 – Jan Zareba, Appointed Bishop of Włocławek
1973–1997 – Czeslaw Lewandowski
1981–2003 – Roman Andrzejewski
1999–present – Stanisław Gębicki
