Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock

Diocese of Płock
Dioecesis Plocensis
Diecezja Płocka
Cathedral of St. Mary of Masovia
Location
Country Poland
Ecclesiastical province Warszawa
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa
Statistics
Area 11,000 km2 (4,200 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2013)
793,367
780,899 (98.4%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 10th Century
Cathedral Katedra pw. św. Zygmunta
(Cathedral of St. Mary of Masovia)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Piotr Libera
Metropolitan Archbishop Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz
Auxiliary Bishops Mirosław Milewski
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]

Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
    • Bazylika pw. Zwiastowania NMP, Czerwińsk
      (Assumption)
    • Bazylika pw. Zwiastowania NMP (Parafię św. Mateusza), Pułtusk
      (Annunciation)
      The Interior of the Bazylika Zwiastowania at Pułtusk

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)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jerzy Kloczowski (2000). A History of Polish Christianity. Cambridge University Press. p. 15. ISBN 9780521364294. Retrieved August 9, 2016.

Sources

Coordinates: 52°32′28″N 19°41′23″E / 52.5410°N 19.6898°E / 52.5410; 19.6898


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