Diocese of Pelplin

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Bishop(s) Ryszard Kasyna, Bishop Arkadiusz Okroj, Auxiliary Bishop Piotr Krupa, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Name Changed: 25 March 1992 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gdańsk Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Poland Square Kilometers: 12,890 (4,978 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://diecezja-pelplin.pl/ Mailing Address: Kuria Biskupia, ul. Biskupa K. Dominika 11, 83-130 Pelplin, Polska Telephone: (058)536.12.21 Fax: 536.16.99

Historical Details

• Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm)
  • Latin Name: Culmensis
  • Erected: 1243
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gniezno
  • Country: Poland
  • Square Kilometers: 16,582 (6,404 Square Miles)

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Heidenryk , O.P. † ( 1245 Appointed - 29 Jun 1262 Died)
• Friedrich von Hausen, O.T. † ( 1264 Appointed - 1274 Died)
• Werner de Orseln, O.T. † (21 Mar 1275 Appointed - 1291 Died)
• Heinrich Schenk, O.T. † (3 Oct 1292 Appointed - 1301 Died)
• Hermann de Prizna, O.T. † (10 May 1303 Appointed - 1312 Died)
• Mikolaj Afri, O.P. † (17 Oct 1319 Ordained Bishop - 27 Sep 1323 Died)
• Otto von Kulm, O.T. † (23 Dec 1323 Appointed - 15 Feb 1348 Died)
• Jakob von Kulm, O.T. † (18 Aug 1350 Confirmed - 19 Sep 1359 Died)
• Johann Schadland, O.P. † (16 Dec 1359 Appointed - 22 Mar 1363 Appointed, Bishop of Hildesheim)
• Wikbold Dobilstein, O.T. † (24 Mar 1363 Appointed - 1385 Resigned)
• Reinhard von Sayn † ( 1385 Appointed - 24 Aug 1390 Died)
• Nikolaus Bock de Schippenbeil, O.T. † (20 Dec 1390 Appointed - 1 Jun 1398 Appointed, Bishop of Kammin (Camin))
• Jan Kropidło † (26 Apr 1398 Appointed - 27 Jan 1402 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Arnold Stapel (Stapil), O.T. † (26 Jul 1402 Confirmed - 31 May 1416 Died)
• Jan (Johann) Marienau (Margenau) † (16 Sep 1416 Appointed - 7 Mar 1457 Died)
• Barthelemy Rogseri, O.T. † (19 Mar 1460 Appointed - 1461 Resigned)
• Wincenty Kiełbasa † (1 Apr 1467 Appointed - 8 Nov 1479 Died)
• Stefan z Niborka (Neydemborg) † (19 Jan 1481 Confirmed - 20 May 1495 Died)
• Mikołaj Chrapicki (Crapitz) † (3 Sep 1496 Appointed - 1508 Resigned)
• Jan Konopacki † (23 Feb 1509 Appointed - 23 Apr 1530 Died)
• Jan Dantyszek † (3 Aug 1530 Appointed - 11 Jan 1538 Appointed, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland))
• Tiedemann Bartłomiej Giese † (11 Jan 1538 Confirmed - 20 May 1549 Confirmed, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland))
• Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † (12 Jul 1549 Appointed - 11 May 1551 Confirmed, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland))
• Jan Lubodzieski † (18 Nov 1551 Appointed - 24 Mar 1562 Died)
• Stanisław Żelisławski, O. Cist. † (9 Oct 1562 Confirmed - 13 Apr 1571 Died)
• Piotr Kostka † (4 Jun 1574 Appointed - 25 Jan 1595 Died)
• Piotr Tylicki † (17 Jul 1595 Appointed - 9 Oct 1600 Appointed, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland))
• Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (10 Nov 1600 Appointed - 19 Apr 1610 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Maciej Konopacki † (17 Aug 1611 Appointed - 1 Nov 1613 Died)
• Jan Kuczborski † (28 Apr 1614 Appointed - 31 Mar 1624 Died)
• Jakub Zadzik † (2 Dec 1624 Appointed - 17 Sep 1635 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
• Jan Lipski † (1 Oct 1635 Confirmed - 20 Dec 1638 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Kasper Działyński † (27 Jan 1639 Appointed - 19 Mar 1646 Died)
• Andrzej Leszczyński † (3 Dec 1646 Confirmed - 8 Jan 1653 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Jan Gembicki † (21 Apr 1653 Appointed - 11 Oct 1655 Appointed, Bishop of Płock)
• Jan Leszczyński † (10 Jan 1656 Appointed - 1657 Died)
• Adam Kos † (19 Nov 1657 Appointed - 11 Feb 1661 Died)
• Andrzej Olszowski † (8 Aug 1661 Confirmed - 26 Nov 1674 Confirmed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Jan Małachowski † (22 Jun 1676 Appointed - 12 May 1681 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
• Jan Kazimierz Opaliński, O. Cist. † (17 Nov 1681 Confirmed - 22 Jul 1693 Died)
• Kazimierz Jan Szczuka † (5 Oct 1693 Confirmed - 30 Jun 1694 Died)
• Teodor Andrzej Potocki † (11 Apr 1699 Appointed - 1 Jun 1712 Confirmed, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland))
• Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum † (30 Jul 1719 Confirmed - 30 Jun 1721 Died)
• Feliks Ignacy Kretkowski † (30 Aug 1723 Confirmed - 6 Dec 1730 Died)
• Thomaz Franciszek Czapski, O. Cist. † (6 Dec 1730 Succeeded - 23 Apr 1733 Died)
• Adam Stanisław Grabowski † (26 Sep 1736 Appointed - 15 Jul 1739 Confirmed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (20 Jul 1739 Confirmed - 2 May 1746 Confirmed, Bishop of Kraków)
• Wojciech Stanisław Leski, O. Cist. † (10 Apr 1747 Confirmed - 19 Sep 1758 Died)
• Andrzej Ignacy Bajer (Baier) † (12 Feb 1759 Confirmed - 31 Jan 1785 Died)
• Johann Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen † (31 Jan 1785 Succeeded - 18 Dec 1795 Confirmed, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland))
• Franciszek Ksawery Rydzyński † (18 Dec 1795 Confirmed - 17 Oct 1814 Died)
• Ignacy Wincenty Stanislaw Mathy (Matthy) † (17 Nov 1823 Confirmed - 20 May 1832 Died)
• Anastasius Johannes Sedlag † (20 Jan 1834 Confirmed - 23 Sep 1856 Died)
• Johannes Nepomuk von der Marwitz † (3 Aug 1857 Confirmed - 29 Mar 1886 Died)
• Leo Redner † (16 Nov 1886 Appointed - 31 Mar 1898 Died)
• Augustyn Rosentreter † (27 Feb 1899 Confirmed - 4 Oct 1926 Died)
• Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski † (4 Oct 1926 Succeeded - 1 May 1944 Died)
• Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski † (4 Mar 1946 Appointed - 6 May 1972 Died)
• Bernard Czaplinski † (16 Mar 1973 Appointed - 30 Dec 1980 Died)
• Marian Przykucki † (15 Jun 1981 Appointed - 25 Mar 1992 Appointed, Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień)
• Jan Bernard Szlaga † (25 Mar 1992 Appointed - 25 Apr 2012 Died)
• Ryszard Kasyna (27 Oct 2012 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm)
1243	Erected		Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm) (erected)
1 May 1923	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm) Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań	Apostolic Administration of Schneidemühl (erected)
30 December 1925	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm) Diocese of Warmia (Ermland)	Diocese of Gdańsk (erected)
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm) (Dobry (from Orneta); Miłomłyn, Samborowo, and Szymonowo (from Ostróda); and Janowo) Diocese of Gdańsk (Nadmorski, Nowy Dwór Gdański, Nowy Staw, and Malbork Kałdowo) Diocese of Warmia (Ermland) (Dzierzgoń, Elbląg-Południe, Elbląg-Północ, Elbląg-Sródmieście, Iława, Kwidzyn, Malbork, Pasłęk, Suz, Sztum, and part of Morąg)	Diocese of Elbląg (erected)
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm) (Bierzgłowo, Brodnica, Chełmno, Chełmza, Działdowo, Golub, Grudziądz, Lembarg, Lidzbark, Lubawa, Łasin, Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, Radzyń, Toruń I, Toruń II, and Wąbrzeźno) Archdiocese of Gniezno (Toruń-Podgórz)	Diocese of Toruń (erected)
Diocese of Pelplin
25 March 1992	Name Changed	Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm) (Brusy, Chojnice, Czersk, Gniew, Kamień Krajeński, Kartuzy, Koronowo, Kościerzyna, Nowe, Osiek, Sierakowice, Skarszewy, Starogard Gdański, Świecie I, Świecie II, Tczew, Tuchola, Zabory, and Zblewo) Archdiocese of Gniezno (Wierzchucin Królewski and part of Fordon outside of Bydgoszcz) Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Bytów, Człuchów, Główczyce, Lębork, Łeba, and Łupawa)	Diocese of Pelplin (and Metropolitan from Gniezno)
24 February 2004	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Gniezno (Bydgoszcz I, Bydgoszcz II, Bydgoszcz III, Bydgoszcz IV, Bydgoszcz V, Kcynia, Łobżenica, Mrocza, Nakło, Szubin, Wyrzysk, and Wysoka) Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Złotów) Diocese of Pelplin (Part of Koronowo, Sępólno Krajeńskie, and Wierzchucin)	Diocese of Bydgoszcz (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm)
1950	986,387	1,017,923	96.9%	468	129	597	1,652		92	843	346	ap1951
1959	1,022,391	1,032,365	99.0%	620	120	740	1,381		120	983	357	ap1960
1970	1,190,723	1,212,688	98.2%	730	151	881	1,351		178	964	355	ap1971
1980	1,392,721	1,447,614	96.2%	751	127	878	1,586		145	824	391	ap1981
1990	1,612,307	1,697,528	95.0%	809	146	955	1,688		160	812	463	ap1991
Diocese of Pelplin
1999	802,038	850,186	94.3%	459	78	537	1,493		82	340	295	ap2000
2000	802,000	850,370	94.3%	475	80	555	1,445		84	330	298	ap2001
2001	802,000	850,000	94.4%	475	75	550	1,458		80	320	299	ap2002
2002	802,000	850,000	94.4%	479	78	557	1,439		81	316	300	ap2003
2003	802,000	850,000	94.4%	479	77	556	1,442		80	310	301	ap2004
2004	802,000	850,000	94.4%	483	70	553	1,450		73	317	301	ap2005
2013	732,000	732,000	100.0%	497	80	577	1,268	1	89	203	289	ap2014
2016	725,000	775,000	93.5%	528	89	617	1,175	1	93	184	290	ap2017
2019	719,600	776,400	92.7%	524	90	614	1,171	1	105	153	290	ap2020
2021	728,000	785,520	92.7%	520	89	609	1,195	1	104	148	290	ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Tymon Tytus Chmielecki (Priest: 26 May 1991 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Ryszard Kasyna (Bishop: 27 Oct 2012 - )
• Piotr Krupa (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Mar 1992 to 15 Sep 2011)
• Wiesław Alojzy Mering (Priest: 21 May 1972 to 25 Mar 2003)
• Henryk Józef Muszyński (Priest: 28 Apr 1957; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Feb 1985 to 19 Dec 1987)
• Sławomir Oder (Priest: 14 May 1989 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Arkadiusz Okroj (Priest: 6 Jun 1992; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Feb 2019)
• Wiesław Śmigiel (Deacon: 20 Jun 1993; Priest: 29 May 1994; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Mar 2012 to 11 Nov 2017)
• Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (Priest: 30 May 1993 to 15 Feb 2018)
• Wiesław Szlachetka (Deacon: 20 Jun 1985; Priest: 17 May 1986 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Eduardo Zielski (Priest: 21 May 1972 to 2 Feb 2000)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Mikolaj Afri, O.P. † (Bishop: 17 Oct 1319 to 27 Sep 1323)
• Andrzej Ignacy Bajer (Baier) † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1759 to 31 Jan 1785)
• Nikolaus Bock de Schippenbeil, O.T. † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1390 to 1 Jun 1398)
• Tomasz Bogoria Skotnicki † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Oct 1685 to 10 Dec 1700)
• Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum † (Bishop: 30 Jul 1719 to 30 Jun 1721)
• Maciej Bystram † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Sep 1659 to 5 Aug 1677)
• Mikołaj Chrapicki (Crapitz) † (Bishop: 3 Sep 1496 to 1508)
• Bernard Czaplinski † (Priest: 19 Dec 1931; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Jan 1948; Bishop: 16 Mar 1973 to 30 Dec 1980)
• Thomaz Franciszek Czapski, O. Cist. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 1 Jul 1726; Bishop: 6 Dec 1730 to 23 Apr 1733)
• Jan Dantyszek † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1530 to 11 Jan 1538)
• Stanislaw Dekowski † (Priest: 10 Dec 1809; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Sep 1850 to 27 Apr 1854)
• Juliusz Józef Dinder † (Priest: 8 Jun 1856 to 2 Mar 1886)
• Wikbold Dobilstein, O.T. † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1363 to 1385)
• Konstantyn Dominik † (Priest: 25 Mar 1897; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Jan 1928 to 7 Mar 1942)
• Georges Alexandre Dorpowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1641)
• Kasper Działyński † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1639 to 19 Mar 1646)
• Jan Gembicki † (Bishop: 21 Apr 1653 to 11 Oct 1655)
• Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1600 to 19 Apr 1610)
• Tiedemann Bartłomiej Giese † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1538 to 20 May 1549)
• Adam Stanisław Grabowski † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1736 to 15 Jul 1739)
• Friedrich von Hausen, O.T. † (Bishop: 1264 to 1274)
• Johann Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen † (Coadjutor Bishop: 20 Jul 1778; Bishop: 31 Jan 1785 to 18 Dec 1795)
• Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † (Bishop: 12 Jul 1549 to 11 May 1551)
• Jerzy Jeschke † (Priest: 22 Dec 1832; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jun 1856 to 7 Nov 1881)
• Dominik Piotr Karwosiecki, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Wincenty Kiełbasa † (Bishop: 1 Apr 1467 to 8 Nov 1479)
• Jakob Klunder † (Priest: 15 Apr 1876; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jul 1907 to 21 Sep 1927)
• Jan Konopacki † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1509 to 23 Apr 1530)
• Maciej Konopacki † (Bishop: 17 Aug 1611 to 1 Nov 1613)
• Adam Kos † (Priest: 1648; Bishop: 19 Nov 1657 to 11 Feb 1661)
• Piotr Kostka † (Bishop: 4 Jun 1574 to 25 Jan 1595)
• Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1946 to 6 May 1972)
• Zygfryd Ignacy Kowalski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Feb 1962 to 22 Jun 1991)
• Feliks Ignacy Kretkowski † (Priest: 1687; Bishop: 30 Aug 1723 to 6 Dec 1730)
• Jan Kropidło † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 26 Apr 1398 to 27 Jan 1402)
• Jan Kuczborski † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1614 to 31 Mar 1624)
• Eberhard von Kulm, O.T. †
• Jakob von Kulm, O.T. † (Bishop: 18 Aug 1350 to 19 Sep 1359)
• Otto von Kulm, O.T. † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1323 to 15 Feb 1348)
• Johann Stanislaus Kutowski † (Deacon: 12 Jun 1803; Priest: 19 Jun 1803; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Feb 1836 to 29 Dec 1848)
• Wojciech Stanisław Leski, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 10 Apr 1747 to 19 Sep 1758)
• Andrzej Leszczyński † (Bishop: 3 Dec 1646 to 8 Jan 1653)
• Jan Leszczyński † (Bishop: 10 Jan 1656 to 1657)
• Jan Lipski † (Bishop: 1 Oct 1635 to 20 Dec 1638)
• Jan Lubodzieski † (Bishop: 18 Nov 1551 to 24 Mar 1562)
• Jan Małachowski † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1676 to 12 May 1681)
• Jan (Johann) Marienau (Margenau) † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1416 to 7 Mar 1457)
• Johannes Nepomuk von der Marwitz † (Priest: 10 Apr 1830; Bishop: 3 Aug 1857 to 29 Mar 1886)
• Ignacy Wincenty Stanislaw Mathy (Matthy) † (Bishop: 17 Nov 1823 to 20 May 1832)
• Stefan z Niborka (Neydemborg) † (Bishop: 19 Jan 1481 to 20 May 1495)
• Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski † (Coadjutor Bishop: 14 Dec 1924; Bishop: 4 Oct 1926 to 1 May 1944)
• Andrzej Olszowski † (Bishop: 8 Aug 1661 to 26 Nov 1674)
• Jan Kazimierz Opaliński, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 17 Nov 1681 to 22 Jul 1693)
• Werner de Orseln, O.T. † (Bishop: 21 Mar 1275 to 1291)
• Edmund Michal Piszcz † (Priest: 10 May 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Apr 1982 to 11 Nov 1985)
• Fabian Franziszek Pląskowski † (Deacon: Jan 1728; Priest: 7 Feb 1728; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 May 1750 to 18 Feb 1784)
• Teodor Andrzej Potocki † (Bishop: 11 Apr 1699 to 1 Jun 1712)
• Hermann de Prizna, O.T. † (Bishop: 10 May 1303 to 1312)
• Marian Przykucki † (Bishop: 15 Jun 1981 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Jan Rakowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jul 1652 to 1659)
• Leo Redner † (Priest: 17 Apr 1853; Bishop: 16 Nov 1886 to 31 Mar 1898)
• Iwo Onufry Rogowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Sep 1785 to 23 Jan 1806)
• Barthelemy Rogseri, O.T. † (Bishop: 19 Mar 1460 to 1461)
• Augustyn Rosentreter † (Priest: 12 Mar 1870; Bishop: 27 Feb 1899 to 4 Oct 1926)
• Franciszek Ksawery Rydzyński † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1795 to 17 Oct 1814)
• Reinhard von Sayn † (Bishop: 1385 to 24 Aug 1390)
• Johann Schadland, O.P. † (Bishop: 16 Dec 1359 to 22 Mar 1363)
• Heinrich Schenk, O.T. † (Bishop: 3 Oct 1292 to 1301)
• Anastasius Johannes Sedlag † (Bishop: 20 Jan 1834 to 23 Sep 1856)
• Andrzej Józef Sliwinski † (Priest: 17 Dec 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 May 1986 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Piotr Jan Sokołowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Mar 1645 to 1652)
• Maciej Aleksander Sołtyk † (Priest: 1 May 1706; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Feb 1729 to 8 Dec 1749)
• Karl Maria Splett † (Priest: 10 Jul 1921 to 13 Jun 1938; Apostolic Administrator: 5 Dec 1940 to 4 Aug 1946)
• Arnold Stapel (Stapil), O.T. † (Bishop: 26 Jul 1402 to 31 May 1416)
• Kazimierz Jan Szczuka † (Bishop: 5 Oct 1693 to 30 Jun 1694)
• Seweryn Szczuka † (Deacon: 20 Dec 1682; Priest: 11 Jan 1683; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Nov 1703 to 11 Dec 1727)
• Krysztof Hilary Szembek † (Coadjutor Bishop: 1 Jun 1767 to 29 May 1775)
• Jan Bernard Szlaga † (Priest: 2 Jun 1963; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jun 1988; Bishop: 25 Mar 1992 to 25 Apr 2012)
• Jan Antoni Trepnau † (Priest: 27 Jun 1858; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Oct 1905 to 16 Jun 1906)
• Piotr Tylicki † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1595 to 9 Oct 1600)
• Jan Jerzy Wilkxycki † (Deacon: 2 Jun 1787; Priest: 22 Sep 1787; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jul 1817 to 15 May 1831)
• Andrzej Wronka † (Administrator: 15 Aug 1945 to 1 Jul 1946)
• Franciszek Ignacy Wysocki † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jun 1728 to 14 Jul 1728)
• Jakub Zadzik † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1624 to 17 Sep 1635)
• Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1739 to 2 May 1746)
• Stanisław Żelisławski, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 9 Oct 1562 to 13 Apr 1571)
• Heidenryk , O.P. † (Bishop: 1245 to 29 Jun 1262)

Source(s)

Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm) Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 216, and Page 217 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 140 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 182 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 169 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 177, and Page 178 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 188, and Page 189 Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 346, to Page 347 Diocese of Pelplin Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 84, Page 1,099, to Page 1,112

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