Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lublin

The Archdiocese of Lublin ( la, Lublinen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Lublin in Poland.

History

* 1375: Established as Diocese of Chełm
* 1790: Renamed as Diocese of Chełm and Lublin
* September 22, 1805: Renamed as Diocese of Lublin
* March 25, 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas
** Bazylika pw. Narodzenia NMP, Chełm
** Bazylika pw. św. Stanisława BM (OO. Dominikanie), Lublin
** Bazylika św. Wojciecha (Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Kębelskiej), Wąwolnica, Lublin Voivodeship, Wąwolnica

Leadership

* Bishops of Chełm (Roman rite)
** Bishop Jakub Uchański (18 November 1551 – 1561), appointed Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze); future Archbishop
** Bishop Stanislaw Pstrokonski (1645–1657)
** Bishop Stanisław Dąmbski (1673–1676)
** Bishop Stanisław Jacek Święcicki (8 February 1677 – 1696)
** Bishop Mikołaj Michał Wyżycki (1699–1705)
** Bishop Kazimierz Łubieński (1705 – 10 May 1710)
** Bishop Teodor Wolff von Ludinghausen (10 November 1710 – 9 May 1712)
** Bishop Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek (30 July 1711 – 15 March 1719)
** Bishop Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro (1719–1724)
** Bishop Jan Feliks Szaniawski (29 January 1725 – 1733)
** Bishop Walenty Franciszek Wężyk (1753–1765)
** Bishop Feliks Paweł Turski (22 April 1765 – 4 March 1771)
** Bishop Jan Alojzy Aleksandrowicz (1780 – 12 September 1781)
* Bishops of Chełm and Lublin (Roman rite)
** Bishop Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz (1781 – 6 October 1790)
** Bishop Wojciech Skarszewski (1790 – 22 September 1805 ''see below'')
* Bishops of Lublin (Roman rite)
** Bishop Wojciech Skarszewski (''see above'' 22 September 1805 – 1824), appointed Archbishop of Warszawa
** Bishop Valentino Baranowski (22 December 1871 – ?)
** Bishop Kazimierz Józef Wnorowski (15 March 1883 – ?)
** Bishop Francesco Jaczewski (30 December 1889 – 1918)
** Bishop Marian Leon Fulman (24 September 1918 – 18 December 1945)
** Bishop Stefan Wyszyński (4 March 1946 – 12 November 1948), appointed Archbishop of Gniezno and Warszawa (Cardinal (Catholic Church), Cardinal in 1953)
** Bishop Piotr Kałwa (30 May 1949 – 17 July 1974)
** Bishop Bolesław Pylak (27 June 1975 – 25 March 1992 ''see below'')
* Archbishops of Lublin (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Bolesław Pylak (''see above'' 25 March 1992 – 14 June 1997)
** Archbishop Józef Życiński, Józef Mirosław Życiński (14 June 1997 – 10 February 2011)
** Archbishop Stanisław Budzik (26 September 2011 – )

Suffragan dioceses

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandomierz, Sandomierz
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce, Siedlce

See also

*Roman Catholicism in Poland
*John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Sources

GCatholic.org



Diocese website

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