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The Diocese of Ełk () is a
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of the
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located in the city of
Ełk Ełk is a city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of Ełk County in the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of Ełk Lake, which was formed by a glacier, and is surrounded by extensiv ...
in the
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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 ...
in
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.


History

* March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Ełk from the Diocese of Łomża and Diocese of Warmia


Special churches

* Cathedral: Katedra św. Wojciecha, Ełk ( St. Wojciech Cathedral) * Co-Cathedral: Konkatedra NMP Matki Kościoła, Gołdap (Our Lady Mother of Church Concathedral) * Co-Cathedral: Konkatedra św. Aleksandra, Suwałki (St. Alexander Concathedral) * Minor Basilica: Bazylika Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego,
Augustów Augustów is a town in north-eastern Poland. It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is the seat of Augustów County and of Gmina Augustów in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Augustów has an area of , and as of June 2022 it has a popul ...
(Most Holy Heart of Jesus Basilica)


Bishops

*
Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
s of Ełk (Roman rite) ** Bishop
Wojciech Ziemba Wojciech Ziemba (15 October 1941 – 21 April 2021) was a Polish Roman Catholic archbishop. Ziemba was born in Poland and was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. He served as titular bishop of ''Falerone'' and was the auxiliary bishop of the ...
(1992.03.25 – 2000.11.16), appointed Archbishop of Białystok ** Bishop
Edward Samsel Edward Eugeniusz Samsel (2 January 1940 – 17 January 2003) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Ełk from 2000 until his death in 2003. Biography Samsel was born in Myszyniec to Jan and Walerian Samsel (). He received his first ...
(2000.11.16 – 2003.01.17) ** Bishop
Jerzy Mazur Jerzy Mazur (born 5 August 1953) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ełk since 2003. He was previously a missionary, as well as a bishop in Siberia and the titular bishop of Tabunia. Biography Ear ...
, S.V.D. (since 2003.04.17)


Auxiliary bishops

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Romuald Kamiński Romuald Kamiński (born 7 February 1955, Janówka, Poland) is a Polish Roman Catholic priest who has served as bishop of Warszawa-Praga since 2017. He was the auxiliary bishop of Ełk between 2005 and 2017. Biography Kamiński was born 7 Feb ...
(2005-2017), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Warszawa-Praga *
Adrian Joseph Galbas Adrian Joseph Galbas, S.A.C. (born 26 January 1968) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Metropolitan Archbishop of Warsaw since December 2024. He became Archbishop of Katowice in May 2023, after sixteen months as coadjutor the ...
, S.A.C. (2020-2022) appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Katowice *
Dariusz Zalewski Dariusz is a male given name, predominantly in Polish. Etymologically, it derives from the Proto-Slavic "dar" gift, and signifies the giver/gift giver or possessors as well as "goods", and Persian name ''Dariush'', meaning "he possesses" or "good". ...
(since 2022.10.29)


See also

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Roman Catholicism in Poland Polish members of the Catholic Church, like elsewhere in the world, are under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Latin Church includes 41 dioceses. There are three eparchies of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the country ...


Sources


GCatholic.org



Diocese website
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