Diocese of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten

Historical Details

• Diocese of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 15 January 1685
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gniezno
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Poland

• Diocese of Wenden (Windau)
  • Latin Name: Vendensis
  • Erected: 1 May 1585
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gniezno
  • Country: Poland

• Diocese of Inflanty (Livonia)
  • Latin Name: Venensis seu Livoniensis
  • Name Changed: 19 September 1684
  • Country: Poland
  • Description: (modern day Estonia and Latvia)

Past Ordinaries

• Mikołaj Krosnowski † (27 Nov 1641 Appointed - 12 Jun 1645 Appointed, Archbishop of Lviv)
• Mikolaj Popławski † (15 Jan 1685 Appointed - 21 Jul 1710 Appointed, Archbishop of Lviv)
• Teodor Wolff von Ludinghausen † (21 Jul 1710 Succeeded - 10 Nov 1710 Appointed, Bishop of Chełm)
• Krzysztof Antoni Szembek † (23 Feb 1711 Appointed - 1 Jul 1716 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Stanisław Józef Hozjusz † (16 Sep 1720 Appointed - 14 Jan 1722 Appointed, Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec))
• Augustyn Wessel, O. Cist. † (12 Jun 1724 Confirmed - 11 May 1733 Appointed, Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec))
• Konstanty Moszynski, O.S.P. † (22 Jun 1733 Appointed - 1738 Died)
• Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski † ( 1738 Succeeded - 16 Nov 1739 Appointed, Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec))
• Józef Dominik Puzyna † (16 Sep 1740 Appointed - 5 Mar 1752 Died)
• Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski † (9 Apr 1753 Appointed - 2 Oct 1758 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Jan Stefan Giedroyc † (22 Apr 1765 Appointed - 30 Mar 1778 Appointed, Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź))
• Antoni Maciej Sierakowski † (20 Jul 1778 Appointed - 21 Mar 1781 Died)
• Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski † (17 Sep 1781 Appointed - 9 May 1794 Died)
• Jan Nepomucen Kossakowski † (10 May 1794 Succeeded - 9 Aug 1798 Appointed, Bishop of Vilnius)

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Jan Stefan Giedroyc † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1765 to 30 Mar 1778)
• Stanisław Józef Hozjusz † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1720 to 14 Jan 1722)
• Adam Korwin Kossakowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jun 1795 to 4 May 1828)
• Jan Nepomucen Kossakowski † (Coadjutor Bishop: 23 Sep 1793; Bishop: 10 May 1794 to 9 Aug 1798)
• Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1781 to 9 May 1794)
• Mikołaj Krosnowski † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1641 to 12 Jun 1645)
• Konstanty Moszynski, O.S.P. † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1733 to 1738)
• Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1753 to 2 Oct 1758)
• Mikolaj Popławski † (Bishop: 15 Jan 1685 to 21 Jul 1710)
• Georgius Powslowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jun 1780)
• Józef Dominik Puzyna † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1740 to 5 Mar 1752)
• Antoni Maciej Sierakowski † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1778 to 21 Mar 1781)
• Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski † (Coadjutor Bishop: 30 Sep 1737; Bishop: 1738 to 16 Nov 1739)
• Konstanty Leon Sosnowski, O.S.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Feb 1767 to 16 Jun 1780)
• Krzysztof Antoni Szembek † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1711 to 1 Jul 1716)
• Augustyn Wessel, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1724 to 11 May 1733)
• Teodor Wolff von Ludinghausen † (Coadjutor Bishop: 14 Mar 1701; Bishop: 21 Jul 1710 to 10 Nov 1710)