The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełm(-Lublin) was a Latin Catholic bishopric in southeastern Poland, from 1257 (until 1358 as Łuków) until its suppression in 1805, which was restored as Latin

titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...

in 2009.

History

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* Established on 1257.02.01 as Diocese of Łuków, on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Kraków * Renamed in 1358 as Diocese of Chełm * Lost territory in 1772 to then

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* Cathedral moved to the Saint Francis Xavier church in

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in 1773 * Renamed on 1790.08.08 as Diocese of Chełm–Lublin, having gained territory from Diocese of Kraków * Lost territories repeatedly: in 1798.08.08 to the Diocese of Łuck and Żytomierz and on 1805.06.13 to establish the

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* Suppressed on 1805.09.22, its territory being reassigned to establish the then

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(now Metropolitan).

Residential Ordinaries

(all

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) ;''Suffragan Bishop of Łuków'' * Bartłomiej z Pragi,

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(O.F.M.) (born Bohemia, Czechia) (1257.02.01 – ?) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Chełm'' * Tomasz da Sienno, O.F.M. (1359.05.20 – death 1365), previously Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Poland) (? – 1359.05.20) * Stefan da Leopoli,

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(O.P.) (1380 – death 1416) * Jan Biskupiec (1417.05.01 – death 1452.04.22) * Jan Tarnowski (1452.08.18 – death 1462.04.17) * Paweł z Grabowa (1463.06.14 – death 1479.02.18) * Jan Kaźmierski (1480.03.06 – 1484.05.10), next Bishop of

Przemyśl Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...

(Poland) (1484.05.10 – death 1485.11.18) * Jan z Targowiska (1484.05.14 – 1486.05.26), next Bishop of

(Poland) (1486.05.26 – death 1492) * Maciej ze Starej Łomży (1490.03.14 – death 1505.09.12), previously Bishop of

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(Poland) (1484.03.19 – 1490.03.14) * Mikołaj Kościelecki (1505.11.14 – 1518.05.04) * Jakub Buczacki (1518.11.05 – 1538.07.29), previously Bishop of

(Poland) (1535.10.27 – 1538.07.29); later Bishop of

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(Poland) (1539.03.09 – death 1544) * Samuel Maciejowski (1539.10.17 – 1541.08.22), next Bishop of

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(Poland) (1541.08.22 – 1546.04.19), Bishop of

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(Poland) (1546.04.19 – death 1550.10.26) * Mikołaj Dzierzgowski (1542.05.31 – 1543.03.30), previously Bishop of

(Poland) (1541.05.20 – 1542.05.31); later Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze (Poland) (1543.03.30 – 1546), Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Poland) (1546 – death 1559) * Jan Dzieduski (1543.03.30 – 1545.06.08), previously Bishop of

(Poland) (1542.05.31 – 1543.03.30); later Bishop of

(Poland) (1545.06.08 – death 1559) *

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(1545.06.08 – 1546.02.19), previously Bishop of

(Poland) (1543.03.30 – 1545.06.08); later Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze (Poland) (1546.02.19 – 1551), Bishop of

(Poland) (1551 – death 1560.05.23) * Jan Drohojowski (1546.02.19 – 1551.09.25), previously Bishop of

(Poland) (1545.08.26 – 1546.02.19); later Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze (Poland) (1551.09.25 – 1557.06.25) * Archbishop

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(18 November 1551 – 1561), next Bishop of Wrocław (Silesia,

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) (1561.06.02 – 1562), Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Poland) (1562 – death 1581) * Mikołaj Wolski (1561.06.02 – 1562.08.31), next Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze (Poland) (1565 – 1567) * Wojciech Staroźrebski Sobiejuski (1562.11.06 – 1577.12.11), next Bishop of

(Poland) (1577.12.11 – death 1580) * Adam Pilchowski (1578.06.16 – 1585) * Wawrzyniec Goślicki (1590.01.22 – 1591.05.10), previously Bishop of

(Poland) (1587.01.07 – 1590.01.22); later Bishop of

(Poland) (1591.05.10 – 1601), Bishop of

(Poland) (1601 – death 1607.10.31) * Stanisław Gomoliński (1591.07.31 – 1600.08.30), previously Bishop of

(Poland) (1590.02.12 – 1591.07.31); next Bishop of Łuck (Poland) (1600.08.30 – death 1604) * Jerzy Zamoyski (1601.02.19 – death 1621.01.04) *

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(1621.05.17 – 1627.04.04), next Bishop of

(Poland) (1627.04.04 – 1631), Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Poland) (1641 – death 1652) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Abraham Jan Jacek Śladkowski,

(O.P.) (1622.05.02 – death 1643), Titular Bishop of Chytris (1622.05.02 – 1643) *

Remigiusz Koniecpolski Remigiusz Koniecpolski (died 1640) was a szlachcic, Polish noble and bishop of Chełm (1627–1640). Biography

He was likely born in Koniecpol, where the manor of the Koniecpolski magnate family was located. He was the son of Aleksander Koniecp ...

(1627.05.17 – death 1640.10.26) * Paweł Piasecki (1641.11.27 – 1644.11.28), previously Bishop of

(Poland) (1627.12.20 – 1641.11.27); later Bishop of

(Poland) (1644.11.28 – death 1649.08.01) * Stanislaw Pstrokonski (1644.12.22 – death 1657.06.17) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Mikołaj Roman Świrski- (1644.12.12 – death 1678), Titular Bishop of Chytris (1644.12.12 – 1678) * Tomasz Leżeński (1658.04.01 – 1667.09.05), next Bishop of Łuck (Poland) (1667.09.05 – death 1675) * Jan Różycki (1667.11.14 – 1669.06.04) *

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(1670.06.30 – 1673) *

Stanisław Dąmbski Stanisław Kazimierz Dąmbski (or Dąbski) (born about 1638, died 15 December 1700 in Kraków), was a politically powerful Polish prelate and king-maker. He was in turn, bishop of Chełm, Łuck, Płock, Kujawy and finally, bishop of Krakow. Life ...

(1673.12.18 – 1676.10.19)); next Bishop of Łuck (Poland) (1676.10.19 – 1682.04.20), Bishop of

(Poland) (1682.04.20 – 1692.07.07), Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze (Poland) (1692.07.07 – 1700), Bishop of

(Poland) (1700 – 1700.12.15) * Stanisław Jacek Święcicki, Canons Regular of Saint Augustine (C.R.S.A.) (8 February 1677 – death 1696); previously Titular Bishop of Pegæ (1651.03.20 – 1677.02.08) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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) (1651.03.20 – 1677.02.08) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Konstanty Wożuczyński (1680.01.22 – death 1687.01.28), Titular Bishop of

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(1680.01.22 – 1687.01.28) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Dłużewski (1696.06.18 – death 1720), Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (1696.06.18 – 1720) * Mikołaj Michał Wyżycki (1699.04.11 – death 1705.01.05) * Kazimierz Łubieński (14 December 1705 – 10 May 1710), previously Titular Bishop of

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(1701.01.03 – 1705.12.14) as Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1701.01.03 – 1705.12.14); later Bishop of

(Poland) (1710.05.10 – 1719.05.11) * Teodor Wolff von Ludinghausen, Jesuit Order (S.J.) (10 November 1710 – death 9 May 1712), previously Titular Bishop of Tripolis (1701.03.14 – 1710.07.21) as

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of Inflanty (Poland) ( 700.04.251701.03.14 – 1710.07.21), succeeding as Bishop of Inflanty (1710.07.21 – 1710.11.10) * Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek (30 July 1711 – 15 March 1719); later Bishop of

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(Poland) (1724.09.27 – death 1734.04.26) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Walenty Konstantyn Czulski (1721.02.12 – death 1724.02.10?), Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade (1721.02.12 – 1724.02.10?) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Michał de la Mars (1723.12.20 – death 1725.03), Titular Bishop of

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(1723.12.20 – 1725.03) * Jan Feliks Szaniawski (29 January 1725 – death 1733), succeeding as former Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm (1713.05.22 – 1725.01.29) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Józef Olszański (1727.06.25 – death 1738.05.16), Titular Bishop of

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(1727.06.25 – 1738.05.16) * Józef Eustachy Szembek (1736.11.19 – 1753.01.29), next Bishop of

(Poland) (1753.01.29 – death 1758.04.01), Bishop of Warmia (Poland) ( 724.02.141724.09.11 – 1740.03.16), Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Sambia (Prussia) (1724.09.11 – death 1740.03.16) :BIOS TO ELABORATE ** Auxiliary Bishop: Józef Antoni Łaszcz (1738.06.23 – 1741.08.07) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Chryzostom Krasiński (1748.09.16 – 1757.03.25) * Walenty Franciszek Wężyk (1753.04.09 – 1765.04.22), next Bishop of

(Poland) (1765.04.22 – death 1766) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Dominik Józef Kiełczewski (1760.07.21 – 1775.07.14) * Feliks Paweł Turski (22 April 1765 – 4 March 1771) * Antoni Onufry Okęcki (1771.03.04 – 1780.03.20) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Melchior Jan Kochnowski (1775.07.17 – 1788.04.30) * Jan Alojzy Aleksandrowicz (1780 – 12 September 1781) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Chełm–Lublin * Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz (1781 – 6 October 1790) * Archbishop Wojciech Skarszewski (1790 – 22 September 1805).

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 2009 as Titular bishopric of Chełm / Chelmen(sis) (Latin adjective). It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : * Stanisław Jamrozek (2013.04.20 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland).

Sources and references

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History

Residential Ordinaries

Titular see

See also

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