Church of Poland, also called Polish Catholic Church ( pl, Kościół Polski, Kościół Polskokatolicki w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is a Polish Old Catholic church in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, which is part of the

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. It is a member of the

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and the

Polish Ecumenical Council Polish Ecumenical Council ( pl, Polska Rada Ekumeniczna) founded in 1946 to promote interchurch cooperation includes nearly all churches except the Polish Roman Catholic Church. In 1989 member churches included the Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, B ...

. It is not affiliated with the

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. Bishop

Wiktor Wysoczański Wiktor Wysoczański (born 24 March 1939, in Verkhnie Vysotske) is an Old Catholic bishop and the present Superior of the Polish Catholic Church. He became Superior in 1995, succeeding Bishop Tadeusz Majewski. As Superior, Wysoczański was chosen b ...

was chosen as the church's superior in 1995.

List of superiors

* 1995–present - Bishop

(1939–present)

References

External links

Church official website (pl)
{{Polish religions Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches Christian denominations in Poland Independent Catholic denominations

Members of the World Council of Churches Christian organizations established in 1924 Christian denominations established in the 20th century 1924 establishments in Poland Catholicism in Poland

List of superiors

See also

References

External links