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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 archbi ...
in 2009.


History

* 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 Diocese of Przemyśl * Cathedral moved to the Saint Francis Xavier church in
Krasnystaw Krasnystaw is a town in southeastern Poland with 18,630 inhabitants (31 December 2019). It is the capital of Krasnystaw County in the Lublin Voivodeship. The town is famous for its beer festival called ''Chmielaki'' ( means hops, hop), and for i ...
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 Diocese of Kielce * Suppressed on 1805.09.22, its territory being reassigned to establish the then Diocese of Lublin (now Metropolitan).


Residential Ordinaries

(all
Roman Rite The Roman Rite () is the most common ritual family for performing the ecclesiastical services of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. The Roman Rite governs Rite (Christianity) ...
) ;''Suffragan Bishop of Łuków'' * Bartłomiej z Pragi,
Friars Minor The Order of Friars Minor (commonly called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi. The order adheres to the t ...
(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 An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
of Diocese of Kraków (Poland) (? – 1359.05.20) * Stefan da Leopoli,
Dominican Order The Order of Preachers (, abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic Church, Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilians, Castilian priest named Saint Dominic, Dominic de Gu ...
(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 () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...
(Poland) (1484.05.10 – death 1485.11.18) * Jan z Targowiska (1484.05.14 – 1486.05.26), next Bishop of
Przemyśl Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...
(Poland) (1486.05.26 – death 1492) * Maciej ze Starej Łomży (1490.03.14 – death 1505.09.12), previously Bishop of
Kamieniec Podolski Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...
(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
Kamieniec Podolski Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...
(Poland) (1535.10.27 – 1538.07.29); later Bishop of
Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
(Poland) (1539.03.09 – death 1544) * Samuel Maciejowski (1539.10.17 – 1541.08.22), next Bishop of
Płock Płock (pronounced ), officially the Ducal Capital City of Płock, is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. According to the data provided by Central Statistical Office (Poland), GUS on 31 December 2021, the ...
(Poland) (1541.08.22 – 1546.04.19), Bishop of
Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
(Poland) (1546.04.19 – death 1550.10.26) *
Mikołaj Dzierzgowski Mikołaj (Nicholas) Dzierzgowski (1490–1559) was Archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland. He was born in 1490 into a szlachta family of the Jastrzębiec coat of arms. He was born out of wedlock to Jeżewskiego de Dzierzgów and either Z ...
(1542.05.31 – 1543.03.30), previously Bishop of
Kamieniec Podolski Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...
(Poland) (1541.05.20 – 1542.05.31); later Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze (Poland) (1543.03.30 – 1546), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Gniezno Gniezno (; ; ) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (''powiat'') ...
(Poland) (1546 – death 1559) * Jan Dzieduski (1543.03.30 – 1545.06.08), previously Bishop of
Kamieniec Podolski Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...
(Poland) (1542.05.31 – 1543.03.30); later Bishop of
Przemyśl Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...
(Poland) (1545.06.08 – death 1559) *
Andrzej Zebrzydowski Andrzej Zebrzydowski, (1496 in Więcbork – 23 May 1560 in Września), Radwan coat of arms, was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop of Kamieniec Podolski (from 1543), Chełm (from 1545), Włocławek (from 1546) and Kraków (from 25 February 1551); cha ...
(1545.06.08 – 1546.02.19), previously Bishop of
Kamieniec Podolski Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...
(Poland) (1543.03.30 – 1545.06.08); later Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze (Poland) (1546.02.19 – 1551), Bishop of
Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
(Poland) (1551 – death 1560.05.23) * Jan Drohojowski (1546.02.19 – 1551.09.25), previously Bishop of
Kamieniec Podolski Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...
(Poland) (1545.08.26 – 1546.02.19); later Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze (Poland) (1551.09.25 – 1557.06.25) * Archbishop
Jakub Uchański Jakub Uchański (1502–81), of Radwan coat of arms, was a Polish clergyman and statesman, archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland from 1562 to 1581, interrex from 1572 to 1573 and from 1574 to 1575. Biography He began his service at the ...
(18 November 1551 – 1561), next Bishop of
Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
(Silesia,
Bohemia Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...
) (1561.06.02 – 1562), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Gniezno Gniezno (; ; ) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (''powiat'') ...
(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
Przemyśl Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...
(Poland) (1577.12.11 – death 1580) * Adam Pilchowski (1578.06.16 – 1585) * Wawrzyniec Goślicki (1590.01.22 – 1591.05.10), previously Bishop of
Kamieniec Podolski Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...
(Poland) (1587.01.07 – 1590.01.22); later Bishop of
Przemyśl Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...
(Poland) (1591.05.10 – 1601), Bishop of
Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
(Poland) (1601 – death 1607.10.31) * Stanisław Gomoliński (1591.07.31 – 1600.08.30), previously Bishop of
Kamieniec Podolski Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...
(Poland) (1590.02.12 – 1591.07.31); next Bishop of
Łuck Lutsk (, ; see below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a population of A city wit ...
(Poland) (1600.08.30 – death 1604) * Jerzy Zamoyski (1601.02.19 – death 1621.01.04) *
Maciej Łubieński Maciej Łubieński (1572 in Łubna-Jakusy, Łubna – 1652 in Łowicz), of Pomian coat of arms, was a primate of Poland, archbishop of Gniezno, bishop of Poznań, bishop of Kujawy and Interrex (Poland), interrex in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwe ...
(1621.05.17 – 1627.04.04), next Bishop of
Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
(Poland) (1627.04.04 – 1631), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Gniezno Gniezno (; ; ) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (''powiat'') ...
(Poland) (1641 – death 1652) **
Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
: Abraham Jan Jacek Śladkowski,
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(O.P.) (1622.05.02 – death 1643), Titular Bishop of Chytris (1622.05.02 – 1643) * Remigiusz Koniecpolski (1627.05.17 – death 1640.10.26) * Paweł Piasecki (1641.11.27 – 1644.11.28), previously Bishop of
Kamieniec Podolski Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...
(Poland) (1627.12.20 – 1641.11.27); later Bishop of
Przemyśl Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...
(Poland) (1644.11.28 – death 1649.08.01) * Stanislaw Pstrokonski (1644.12.22 – death 1657.06.17) **
Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
: 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 Lutsk (, ; see below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a population of A city wit ...
(Poland) (1667.09.05 – death 1675) * Jan Różycki (1667.11.14 – 1669.06.04) * Krzysztof Żegocki (1670.06.30 – 1673) * Stanisław Dąmbski (1673.12.18 – 1676.10.19)); next Bishop of
Łuck Lutsk (, ; see below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a population of A city wit ...
(Poland) (1676.10.19 – 1682.04.20), Bishop of
Płock Płock (pronounced ), officially the Ducal Capital City of Płock, is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. According to the data provided by Central Statistical Office (Poland), GUS on 31 December 2021, the ...
(Poland) (1682.04.20 – 1692.07.07), Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze (Poland) (1692.07.07 – 1700), Bishop of
Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
(Poland) (1700 – 1700.12.15) * Stanisław Jacek Święcicki,
Canons Regular of Saint Augustine The Canons Regular of St. Augustine are Catholic priests who live in community under a rule ( and κανών, ''kanon'', in Greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious ...
(C.R.S.A.) (8 February 1677 – death 1696); previously
Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of Pegæ (1651.03.20 – 1677.02.08) as
Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
of Diocese of Samogitia (
Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
) (1651.03.20 – 1677.02.08) **
Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
: Jan Konstanty Wożuczyński (1680.01.22 – death 1687.01.28), Titular Bishop of Byblus (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 Kazimierz Łubieński (d. 1719) was a Polish nobleman who was Bishop of Kraków (1710–1719). Kazimierz Łubieński was born into a noble family that claimed the Pomian crest. As Bishop of Chełm, he donated 2,444 złoty to fund the academi ...
(14 December 1705 – 10 May 1710), previously Titular Bishop of Heraclea in Europa (1701.01.03 – 1705.12.14) as Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1701.01.03 – 1705.12.14); later Bishop of
Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
(Poland) (1710.05.10 – 1719.05.11) * Teodor Wolff von Ludinghausen,
Jesuit Order The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded in 1540 by ...
(S.J.) (10 November 1710 – death 9 May 1712), previously Titular Bishop of Tripolis (1701.03.14 – 1710.07.21) as
Coadjutor Bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) ("co-assister" in Latin) is a bishop in the Latin Catholic, Anglican and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in administering the diocese. The coa ...
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
Przemyśl Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...
(Poland) (1719.03.15 – 1724.09.11), Bishop of
Warmia Warmia ( ; Latin: ''Varmia'', ''Warmia''; ; Warmian subdialect, Warmian: ''Warńija''; Old Prussian language, Old Prussian: ''Wārmi'') is both a historical and an ethnographic region in northern Poland, forming part of historical Prussia (reg ...
(Poland) ( 724.02.141724.09.11 – 1740.03.16),
Apostolic Administrator An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
of
Sambia Sambia () or Samland () or Kaliningrad Peninsula (official name, , ''Kaliningradsky poluostrov'') is a peninsula in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, on the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea. The peninsula is bounded by the Curonian Lagoon t ...
(
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) (1724.09.11 – 1740.03.16) * Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro (29 March 1719 – 27 September 1724), next Bishop of
Przemyśl Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...
(Poland) (1724.09.27 – death 1734.04.26) **
Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
: 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 Tricomia (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 An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
: Józef Olszański (1727.06.25 – death 1738.05.16), Titular Bishop of Serræ (1727.06.25 – 1738.05.16) * Józef Eustachy Szembek (1736.11.19 – 1753.01.29), next Bishop of
Płock Płock (pronounced ), officially the Ducal Capital City of Płock, is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. According to the data provided by Central Statistical Office (Poland), GUS on 31 December 2021, the ...
(Poland) (1753.01.29 – death 1758.04.01), Bishop of
Warmia Warmia ( ; Latin: ''Varmia'', ''Warmia''; ; Warmian subdialect, Warmian: ''Warńija''; Old Prussian language, Old Prussian: ''Wārmi'') is both a historical and an ethnographic region in northern Poland, forming part of historical Prussia (reg ...
(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 An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
: 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
Przemyśl Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...
(Poland) (1765.04.22 – death 1766) **
Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
: 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 An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
: 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 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 ...
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 An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
of Przemyśl (Poland).


See also

* the former Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chełm–Bełz (
Byzantine rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, is a liturgical rite that is identified with the wide range of cultural, devotional, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Chri ...
counterpart) * List of Catholic dioceses in Poland


Sources and references


GCatholic - data for all sections
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