Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelplin

The Diocese of Pelplin (Latin: Pelplinen(sis); Kashubian: Pelplińskô diecezjô) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese located in the city of Pelplin, Poland. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk. The biggest city of diocese is Tczew.

Diocese of Pelplin Dioecesis Pelplinensis Diecezja Pelplińska
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Pelplin
Location
Country	Poland
Metropolitan	Gdańsk
Statistics
Area	13,361 km2 (5,159 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2021) 785,520 728,000 (92.7%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Patron saint	Our Mother of Perpetual Help (Principal) Saint Lawrence (Secondary)
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Ryszard Kasyna
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tadeusz Wojda
Auxiliary Bishops	Arkadiusz Okroj
Website
Website of the Diocese

Map of Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelpin

History

• 1243: Established as part of Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełmno
• March 25, 1992: Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełmno split into the Diocese of Pelplin and The Diocese of Toruń
• June 27, 2023: Pope Francis, through the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, proclaimed the Blessed Virgin Mary as "Our Mother of Perpetual Help" the principal patroness, and Saint Lawrence as secondary patron of the diocese.

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika Ścięcia Świętego Jana Chrzciciela (Basilica of the Beheading of St. John Baptist), Chojnice

Leadership

• Bishops of Pelplin
  • Bishop Ryszard Kasyna (since 2012.12.08)
  • Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga (1992.03.25 – 2012.04.25)
• Bishops of Chelmno
  • Archbishop Marian Przykucki (1981.06.15 – 1992.03.25)
  • Bishop Bernard Czapliński (1973.03.16 – 1980.12.30)
  • Bishop Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski (1946.03.04 – 1972.05.06)
  • Bishop Carl Maria Splett (Apostolic Administrator 1940.12.05 – 1946.03.04)
  • Bishop Stanislao Okoniewski (1926.10.04 – 1944)
  • Bishop Augustinus Rosentreter (1898.12.22 – 1926.10.04)
  • Bishop Leo Redner (1886.11.16 – 1898.04.01)
  • Bishop Johannes von der Marwitz (1857.01.14 – 1886.03.29)
  • Bishop Anastasius Johannes Sedlag (1833.07.28 – 1856.09.23)
  • Bishop Ignatius Vincentius Matthy (1823.11.17 – 1832.05.20)
  • Bishop Franciszek Ksawery Graf Rydzyński (1795.10.10 – 1814.10.16)
  • Bishop Johann Karl Reichsgraf von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1785.01.31 – 1795.12.18)
  • Bishop Antoni Onufry Okecki (1771.03.04 – 1775.05.29)
  • Bishop Andrzej Ignacy Baier (1758.11.18 – 1785.01.31)
  • Bishop Wojciech Stanisław Leski, O. Cist. (1746.10.17 – 1758.09.19)
  • Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski (1739.03.08 – 1746.05.02)
  • Bishop Adam Stanisław Grabowski (1736.09.26 – 1739.07.15)
  • Bishop Józef Eustachy Szembek (1736 – 1753)
  • Bishop Thomaz Franciszek Czapski, O. Cist. (1730.12.06 – 1733.04.23)
  • Bishop Feliks Ignacy Kretowski (1722.11.20 – 1730.12.06)
  • Bishop Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum (1718.06.27 – 1721.06.30)
  • Archbishop Teodor Andrzej Potocki (1699.04.11 – 1712.06.10)
  • Bishop Kazimierz Szczuka (1693.10.02 – 1694.06.30)
  • Bishop Jan Kazimierz Opaliński, O. Cist. (1681.06.23 – 1693.07.22)
  • Bishop Jan Małachowski (1676.06.22 – 1681.05.12)
  • Archbishop Andrzej Olszowski (1661.02.23 – 1674.10.01)
  • Bishop Adam Kos (1657.11.11 – 1661.02.11)
  • Bishop Jan Gembicki (1653.04.21 – 1655.05.11)
  • Archbishop Andrzej Leszczyński (1646.05.04 – 1653.01.08)
  • Archbishop Jan Lipski (1636 – 1639)
  • Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki (1600 – 1610)
  • Cardinal Stanisław Hosius (1549.07.12 – 1551.05.11)

See also

• Catholic Church in Poland
• Konstantyn Dominik

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website
• Servant of God, Bishop Konstantyn Dominik

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