The Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock ( la, Plocen(sis)) is a
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
located in the city of
Płock
Płock (pronounced ) is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. According to the data provided by GUS on 31 December 2021, there were 116,962 inhabitants in the city. Its full ceremonial name, according to the ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province
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of
Warszawa
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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 ...
.
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
* During the
German occupation of Poland
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(
World War II
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), the Archbishop of Płock
Antoni Julian Nowowiejski
Antoni Julian Nowowiejski (11 February 1858 – 28 May 1941) was a Polish bishop of Płock (1908–1941), titular archbishop of Silyum, first secretary of Polish Episcopal Conference (1918–1919), honorary citizen of Płock and historian. He ...
and the auxiliary Bishop were imprisoned in the village of
Słupno, and then in 1941 murdered in the
Soldau concentration camp
The Soldau concentration camp established by Nazi Germany during World War II was a concentration camp for Polish and Jewish prisoners. It was located in Działdowo (german: Soldau), a town in north-eastern Poland, which after the Nazi-Soviet inva ...
, where also many other priests from Płock were killed. Nowowiejski and Wetmański are now considered two of the
108 Blessed Polish Martyrs of World War II by the
Catholic Church
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. The Cathedral's ancient treasury, church archives and the diocesan library in Płock were
robbed
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by the Germans, and taken to museums in
Königsberg
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,
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
and
Berlin
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.
* 2018: Płock Cathedral along with the entire ''Wzgórze Tumskie'' ("Tumskie Hill") listed by the President of Poland as a
Historic Monument of Poland.
Special churches
*Minor Basilicas:
** Bazylika pw. Zwiastowania NMP,
Czerwińsk(''Assumption'')
** Bazylika pw. Zwiastowania NMP (Parafię św. Mateusza),
Pułtusk
Pułtusk (pronounced ) is a town in northeast Poland, by the river Narew. Located north of Warsaw in the Masovian Voivodeship, it had a population of about 19,000 . Known for its historic architecture and Europe's longest paved marketplace ( in ...
(''Annunciation'')
Leadership
*
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
s of Płock (Roman rite)
** Archbishop
Wojciech Baranowski
Wojciech Baranowski (1548 – 23 September 1615) was archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland.
Biography
In 1581 he was ordained a priest and became the royal secretary of Stefan Batory, accompanying him during the Pskov campaign. Lat ...
(1591–1607)
** Archbishop
Henryk Firlej
Henryk Firlej (1574–1626) was a Polish szlachcic, bishop of Łuck (1616–1617), Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland from 1624; Deputy Chancellor of the Crown
Chancellor of Poland ( pl, Kanclerz - , from la, cancellarius) was one ...
(1617–1624)
** Bishop
Jan Gembicki
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(1655.05.11 – 1674.03.13)
** Bishop
Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski
Andrzej Załuski Chrysostom (1650 – 12 May 1711) was a seventeenth-century Polish preacher, translator, prolific writer, Chancellor of the Crown and bishop.
Early life
He was born in 1650 in Kiev, into the Junosza noble family, the son of A ...
(1692.10.15 – 1699.05.25)
** Bishop
Andrzej Stanisław Załuski (1723.11.22 – 1736.11.19)
** Bishop
Antoni Sebastian Dembowski Antoni is a Catalan, Polish, and Slovene given name and a surname used in the eastern part of Spain, Poland and Slovenia. As a Catalan given name it is a variant of the male names Anton and Antonio. As a Polish given name it is a variant of the fe ...
(1737–?)
** Bishop
Józef Eustachy Szembek (1753–1758)
** Archbishop
Michał Jerzy Poniatowski
Prince Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (12 October 1736 – 12 August 1794) was a Polish nobleman.
Abbot of Tyniec and Czerwińsk (''opat tyniecki i czerwinski''), Bishop of Płock and Coadjutor Bishop of Kraków (''koadiutor krakowski'') from 17 ...
(1773–1784)
** Bishop
Iraklij Listovskyj (1783 – 1809.08.30)
** Bishop
Krzysztof 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
Wincenty Teofil Popiel (1863.03.16 – 1875.07.05)
** Archbishop
Franciszek Albin Symon (1897.07.21 – 1901.04.15)
** Archbishop
Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek (1901–1903)
** Archbishop
Apollinary Wnukowski (1904.04.01 – 1908)
** Archbishop
Antoni Julian Nowowiejski
Antoni Julian Nowowiejski (11 February 1858 – 28 May 1941) was a Polish bishop of Płock (1908–1941), titular archbishop of Silyum, first secretary of Polish Episcopal Conference (1918–1919), honorary citizen of Płock and historian. He ...
(1908.06.12 – 1941.05.28)
** Bishop
Tadeusz Paweł Zakrzewski (1946.04.12 – 1961.11.26)
** Bishop
Bogdan Sikorski (1964.01.21 – 1988.02.04)
** Archbishop
Zygmunt Kamiński
Zygmunt Kamiński (22 February 1933 in Bełżyce – 1 May 2010 in Szczecin) was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland.
Ordained priest on 22 December 1956, Kamiński was named auxiliary bishop of th ...
(1988.02.04 – 1999.05.01)
** Archbishop
Stanisław Wielgus (1999.05.24 – 2006.12.06)
** Bishop
Piotr Libera
Piotr Libera (born 20 March 1951) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Płock from 2008 to 2022. He was an auxiliary bishop of Katowice from 1996 to 2007 and secretary general of the Polish Episcopal Conference from 1998 t ...
(2007.05.02 – 2022.06.04)
** Bishop
Szymon Stułkowski (since 2022.10.31)
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Poland
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References
Sources
GCatholic.org Diocese website
11th-century establishments in Poland
1075 establishments in Europe
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