Gniezno (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Wojciech Polak, Archbishop
Radosław Orchowicz, Auxiliary Bishop
Józef Kowalczyk, Archbishop Emeritus
Henryk Józef Muszyński, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Territory Added: 7 June 1929
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Poland
Square Kilometers: 8,122 (3,137 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.archidiecezja.pl/
Mailing Address: ul. Prymasa Jana Laskiego 7, 62-200 Gniezno, Polska
Telephone: (061)426.21.02
Fax: 426.21.05

Historical Details

Archdiocese of Gniezno
- Latin Name: Gnesnensis
- Erected: 1000
- Metropolitan See
- Country: Poland
Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań
- Latin Name: Gnesnensis et Posnaniensis
- United: 16 July 1821
- Metropolitan See
- Country: Poland
- Square Kilometers: 6,200 (2,394 Square Miles)

Past and Present Ordinaries

Bossuta † ( 1027 Appointed - 1038 Died)
Piotr † ( 1075 Appointed - 1092 Died)
Marcin † ( 1094 Appointed - 1118 Died)
Jakub ze Znina † ( 1119 Appointed - 1148 Died)
Janik † ( 1149 Appointed - 1167 Died)
St. Bogumił † ( 1167 Appointed - 1170 Resigned)
Zdzisław † ( 1170 Appointed - 1180 Died)
Piotr Śreniawita † ( 1180 Appointed - 1199 Died)
Henryk Kietlicz † (10 Jan 1207 Appointed - 22 Mar 1219 Died)
Iwo Odrowąż † (4 Nov 1219 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
Wincenty z Niałka † (5 Oct 1220 Appointed - 1232 Died)
Pełka Lis † (26 Jun 1235 Appointed - 4 Apr 1258 Died)
Janusz Tarnowa † (27 Feb 1260 Confirmed - 26 Aug 1271 Died)
Marcin z Opawy † (22 Jun 1278 Appointed - 23 Dec 1279 Died)
Włościbor Bogumił † (23 Dec 1279 Appointed - 1280 Resigned)
Henryk Brena, O.F.M. † (23 Dec 1281 Appointed - 1282 Resigned)
Jakub Świnka † (30 Jul 1283 Appointed - 4 Mar 1313 Died)
Borzysław † (15 Dec 1316 Confirmed - 30 Jun 1317 Died)
Jan Janisław † (7 Nov 1317 Appointed - 4 Dec 1341 Died)
Jarosław z Bogorii i Skotnik † (8 Jul 1342 Appointed - 1374 Resigned)
Janusz Suchywilk † (16 Apr 1374 Ordained Bishop - 5 Apr 1382 Died)
Bodzanta † (9 Jun 1382 Appointed - 1388 Died)
Jan Kropidło † (19 Mar 1389 Appointed - 26 Jan 1394 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Poznań)
Dobrogost z Nowego Dworu † (26 Jan 1394 Appointed - 14 Sep 1401 Died)
Mikołaj Kurowski † (23 Jan 1402 Appointed - 7 Sep 1411 Died)
Mikołaj Trąba † (30 Apr 1412 Appointed - 2 Dec 1422 Died)
Wojciech Jastrzębiec † (9 Jul 1423 Appointed - 2 Sep 1436 Died)
Wincenty Kot z Dębna (Dembicy) † (15 Mar 1437 Appointed - 14 Aug 1448 Died)
Władysław Oporowski † (25 Jun 1449 Appointed - 11 Mar 1453 Died)
Jan Sprowski † (15 Oct 1453 Confirmed - 14 Apr 1464 Died)
Jan Gruszczyński † (19 Oct 1464 Appointed - 8 Oct 1473 Died)
Jakub Sienieński (z Sienna) † (17 Dec 1473 Appointed - 4 Oct 1480 Died)
Zbigniew z Oleśnicki † (12 Oct 1481 Appointed - 2 Feb 1493 Died)
Fryderyk Jagiellończyk † (2 Oct 1493 Appointed - 14 Mar 1503 Died)
Andrzej Boryszewski † (18 Dec 1503 Appointed - 20 Apr 1510 Died)
Jan Łaski † (20 Apr 1510 Succeeded - 19 May 1531 Died)
Maciej Drzewiecki † (4 Aug 1531 Appointed - 12 Aug 1535 Died)
Andrzej Krzycki † (27 Oct 1535 Appointed - 10 May 1537 Died)
Jan Latalski † (17 Aug 1537 Appointed - 1540 Died)
Piotr Gamrat † (28 Jan 1541 Appointed - 27 Aug 1545 Died)
Mikołaj Dzierżgowski † (19 Feb 1546 Appointed - 22 Feb 1559 Died)
Jan Przerębski † (22 Feb 1559 Succeeded - 12 Jan 1562 Died)
Jakub Uchański † (31 Aug 1562 Appointed - 5 Apr 1581 Died)
Stanisław Karnkowski † (7 Aug 1581 Appointed - 8 Jun 1603 Died)
Jan Tarnowski † (29 Mar 1604 Appointed - 14 Sep 1605 Died)
Bernard Maciejowski † (31 Jul 1606 Appointed - 19 Jan 1608 Died)
Wojciech Baranowski † (28 Jul 1608 Appointed - 23 Sep 1615 Died)
Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (14 Mar 1616 Appointed - 10 Feb 1624 Died)
Henryk Firlej † (7 Oct 1624 Appointed - 25 Feb 1626 Died)
Jan Wężyk † (22 Mar 1627 Confirmed - 27 May 1638 Died)
Jan Lipski † (20 Dec 1638 Appointed - 13 May 1641 Died)
Maciej Łubieński † (27 Nov 1641 Appointed - 28 Aug 1652 Died)
Andrzej Leszczyński † (8 Jan 1653 Appointed - 15 Apr 1658 Died)
Wacław Leszczyński † (27 Jan 1659 Appointed - 1 Apr 1666 Died)
Mikołaj Jan Prażmowski † (11 Oct 1666 Appointed - 15 Apr 1673 Died)
Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski † (27 Nov 1673 Confirmed - 15 May 1674 Died)
Andrzej Olszowski † (26 Nov 1674 Confirmed - 29 Aug 1677 Died)
Jan Stefan Wydżga † (17 Jul 1679 Appointed - 7 Sep 1685 Died)
Augustyn Michal Stefan Radziejowski † (17 May 1688 Appointed - 11 Oct 1705 Died)
Stanisław Szembek † (7 Jun 1706 Confirmed - 2 Aug 1721 Died)
Teodor Andrzej Potocki † (22 Nov 1723 Confirmed - 12 Nov 1738 Died)
Krzysztof Antoni Szembek † (22 Jun 1739 Confirmed - 6 Jul 1748 Died)
Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (22 Sep 1749 Confirmed - 2 Mar 1759 Died)
Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (9 Apr 1759 Appointed - 20 Jun 1767 Died)
Gabriel Jan Podoski † (31 Aug 1767 Confirmed - 3 Apr 1777 Died)
Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski † (23 Jun 1777 Confirmed - 26 Aug 1784 Died)
Michał Jerzy Poniatowski † (14 Feb 1785 Appointed - 12 Aug 1794 Died)
Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki † (18 Dec 1795 Confirmed - 14 Mar 1801 Died)
Ignacy Jan Zygmunt von Raczyński † (26 Aug 1806 Appointed - 22 Aug 1818 Retired)
Tymoteusz Pawel von Gorzeński † (16 Jul 1821 Appointed - 20 Dec 1825 Died)
Teofil von Wolicki † (15 Dec 1828 Confirmed - 21 Dec 1829 Died)
Marcin von Dunin Sulgostowski † (28 Feb 1831 Confirmed - 26 Dec 1842 Died)
Leon Michał von Przyłuski † (20 Jan 1845 Confirmed - 12 Mar 1865 Died)
Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski † (8 Jan 1866 Appointed - 2 Feb 1896 Retired)
Juliusz Józef Dinder † (2 Mar 1886 Appointed - 30 May 1890 Died)
Florian Oksza von Stablewski † (14 Dec 1891 Appointed - 24 Nov 1906 Died)
Edward Likowski † (13 Aug 1914 Appointed - 20 Feb 1915 Died)
Edmund Dalbor † (30 Jun 1915 Appointed - 13 Feb 1926 Died)
August Józef Hlond, S.D.B. † (24 Jun 1926 Appointed - 22 Oct 1948 Died)
Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † (12 Nov 1948 Appointed - 28 May 1981 Died)
Józef Glemp † (7 Jul 1981 Appointed - 25 Mar 1992 Resigned)
Henryk Józef Muszyński (25 Mar 1992 Appointed - 8 May 2010 Retired)
Józef Kowalczyk (8 May 2010 Appointed - 17 May 2014 Retired)
Wojciech Polak (17 May 2014 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Archdiocese of Gniezno
1000	Erected	Diocese of Poznań	Archdiocese of Gniezno (erected) Diocese of Kraków (erected) Diocese of Kołobrzeg (erected)
1140	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Gniezno Archdiocese of Magdeburg	Diocese of Wollin (erected)
Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań
16 July 1821	United	Archdiocese of Gniezno Diocese of Poznań	Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań
1 May 1923	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm) Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań	Apostolic Administration of Schneidemühl (erected)
28 January 1939	Territory Added		Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań (Sanniki)
Archdiocese of Gniezno
7 June 1929	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Poznań (Orzechowo and Pieczkowo)	Archdiocese of Gniezno
12 November 1948	Split	Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań	Archdiocese of Gniezno Archdiocese of Poznań
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Diocese of Częstochowa (Bolesławiec (except Skomlin), Lututów (except Naramice), Wieruszów) Archdiocese of Gniezno (Czermin, Jarocin, Pleszew) Diocese of Opole (Uszyce and Zdziechowice (in Gorzów Śląski)) Archdiocese of Poznań (Bralin, Kępno, Koźmin, Krotoszyn, Odolanów, Ołobok, Ostrów I, Ostrów II, Ostrzeszów) Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze) (Błaszki, Kalisz I, Kalisz II, Koźminek, Stawiszyn, Złoczew) Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia} (Syców (except Poniatowice), Twardogóra, along with Cieszków, Gądkowice, and Trzebicko (in Milicz))	Diocese of Kalisz (erected)
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	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)
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)
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)
23 March 2004	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Poznań (Boundaries adjusted) Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze) (Boundaries adjusted)	Archdiocese of Gniezno (Boundaries adjusted)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Gniezno

1950 753,746 763,424 98.7% 304 53 357 2,111 48 616 272 ap1951

1970 923,627 929,549 99.4% 526 92 618 1,494 143 684 283 ap1971

1980 961,101 968,312 99.3% 573 91 664 1,447 100 616 322 ap1981

1990 1,086,968 1,092,181 99.5% 643 92 735 1,478 102 589 361 ap1991

1999 998,669 1,024,777 97.5% 625 98 723 1,381 134 346 326 ap2000

2000 999,755 1,033,151 96.8% 633 96 729 1,371 128 347 327 ap2001

2001 995,003 1,023,352 97.2% 638 103 741 1,342 136 368 328 ap2002

2002 989,085 1,019,368 97.0% 630 105 735 1,345 134 365 328 ap2003

2003 986,880 1,022,486 96.5% 635 108 743 1,328 135 359 324 ap2004

2004 996,962 1,015,903 98.1% 640 117 757 1,316 146 368 325 ap2005

2006 673,559 678,847 99.2% 488 51 539 1,249 121 262 266 ap2007

2013 656,716 664,608 98.8% 490 37 527 1,246 83 223 266 ap2014

2016 654,000 672,000 97.3% 483 33 516 1,267 69 192 266 ap2017

2019 644,000 663,975 97.0% 460 39 499 1,290 66 179 268 ap2020

2021 641,082 661,970 96.8% 446 39 485 1,321 62 178 268 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Gniezno
1950	753,746	763,424	98.7%	304	53	357	2,111	48	616	272	ap1951
1970	923,627	929,549	99.4%	526	92	618	1,494	143	684	283	ap1971
1980	961,101	968,312	99.3%	573	91	664	1,447	100	616	322	ap1981
1990	1,086,968	1,092,181	99.5%	643	92	735	1,478	102	589	361	ap1991
1999	998,669	1,024,777	97.5%	625	98	723	1,381	134	346	326	ap2000
2000	999,755	1,033,151	96.8%	633	96	729	1,371	128	347	327	ap2001
2001	995,003	1,023,352	97.2%	638	103	741	1,342	136	368	328	ap2002
2002	989,085	1,019,368	97.0%	630	105	735	1,345	134	365	328	ap2003
2003	986,880	1,022,486	96.5%	635	108	743	1,328	135	359	324	ap2004
2004	996,962	1,015,903	98.1%	640	117	757	1,316	146	368	325	ap2005
2006	673,559	678,847	99.2%	488	51	539	1,249	121	262	266	ap2007
2013	656,716	664,608	98.8%	490	37	527	1,246	83	223	266	ap2014
2016	654,000	672,000	97.3%	483	33	516	1,267	69	192	266	ap2017
2019	644,000	663,975	97.0%	460	39	499	1,290	66	179	268	ap2020
2021	641,082	661,970	96.8%	446	39	485	1,321	62	178	268	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba (Priest: 21 Jun 1975 to 27 Mar 2004)
Zdzisław Fortuniak
Stanisław Gądecki (Priest: 9 Jun 1973; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Feb 1992 to 28 Mar 2002)
Zbigniew Kiernikowski (Priest: 6 Jun 1971 to 28 Mar 2002)
Józef Kowalczyk (Archbishop: 8 May 2010 to 17 May 2014)
Henryk Józef Muszyński (Archbishop: 25 Mar 1992 to 8 May 2010)
Stanisław Napierała
Radosław Orchowicz (Priest: 21 May 1994; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jan 2022)
Jan Romeo Pawłowski (Priest: 1 Jun 1985 to 24 Feb 2004)
Tomash (Tomasz) Bernard Peta (Priest: 5 Jun 1976 to 7 Jul 1999)
Wojciech Polak (Priest: 13 May 1989; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Apr 2003; Archbishop: 17 May 2014 - )
Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski (Priest: 4 Jun 1988; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Nov 2012 to 27 Apr 2021)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Antoni Andrzejewicz † (Deacon: 2 Jun 1860; Priest: 8 Jul 1860; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jun 1890 to 15 Sep 1907)
Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Apr 1951 to 30 May 1957)
Wojciech Baranowski † (Archbishop: 28 Jul 1608 to 23 Sep 1615)
Ignacy Bardziński † (Deacon: 23 Jun 1776; Priest: 21 Jul 1776; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Mar 1809 to 15 Dec 1813)
Wojciech Ignacy Bardziński †
Lucjan Bernacki † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Sep 1946 to 28 Sep 1975)
Bernard Jakób Bogedain † (Priest: 22 Jun 1835 to 21 Dec 1857)
Jarosław z Bogorii i Skotnik † (Archbishop: 8 Jul 1342 to 1374)
St. Bogumił † (Archbishop: 1167 to 1170)
Włościbor Bogumił † (Archbishop: 23 Dec 1279 to 1280)
Andrzej Boryszewski † (Archbishop: 18 Dec 1503 to 20 Apr 1510)
Joannes Branecki †
Henryk Brena, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 23 Dec 1281 to 1282)
Anzelm Wojciech Brodziszewski † (Deacon: 10 May 1801; Priest: 19 Dec 1801; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Mar 1841 to 10 Jul 1866)
Jan Busiński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 1527 to 20 Jan 1541)
Jan Bużeński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Mar 1667 to 1674)
Krzysztof Charbicki †
Józef Chełkowski † (Deacon: 25 Jul 1790; Priest: 18 Sep 1790; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 1833 to 30 Oct 1837)
Józef Cybichowski † (Deacon: 14 Jun 1851; Priest: 14 Nov 1852; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jul 1867 to 6 Mar 1887)
Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski † (Archbishop: 27 Nov 1673 to 15 May 1674)
Jan Czerniak † (Priest: 12 Jun 1932; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Nov 1958 to 11 Feb 1989)
Jan Kanty Dąbrowski † (Priest: 16 Jul 1821; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jun 1843 to 4 Apr 1853)
Jerzy Dąbrowski † (Priest: 25 May 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Feb 1982 to 14 Feb 1991)
Edmund Dalbor † (Priest: 25 Feb 1893; Archbishop: 30 Jun 1915 to 13 Feb 1926)
Juliusz Józef Dinder † (Archbishop: 2 Mar 1886 to 30 May 1890)
Krzysztof Michal Dobiński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jun 1738 to 21 Jul 1769)
Józef Drzazga † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 May 1958 to 25 May 1967)
Maciej Drzewiecki † (Archbishop: 4 Aug 1531 to 12 Aug 1535)
Marcin von Dunin Sulgostowski † (Archbishop: 28 Feb 1831 to 26 Dec 1842)
Walenty Dymek † (Priest: 11 Feb 1912; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 May 1929 to 3 May 1946)
Mikołaj Dzierżgowski † (Archbishop: 19 Feb 1546 to 22 Feb 1559)
Stanisław Falęcki, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Jan 1562 to 26 Feb 1581)
Bolesław Filipiak † (Priest: 29 May 1926 to 1 May 1976)
Henryk Firlej † (Archbishop: 7 Oct 1624 to 25 Feb 1626)
Piotr Gamrat † (Archbishop: 28 Jan 1541 to 27 Aug 1545)
Józef Gabriel Gembart † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Sep 1814 to 30 Dec 1821)
Andrzej Gembicki † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Jan 1628 to 19 Apr 1638)
Piotr Gembicki †
Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (Archbishop: 14 Mar 1616 to 10 Feb 1624)
Józef Glemp † (Priest: 25 May 1956 to 4 Mar 1979; Archbishop: 7 Jul 1981 to 25 Mar 1992)
Jan Gniazdowski, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Dec 1583 to 12 Aug 1608)
Jan Gomoliński †
Tymoteusz Pawel von Gorzeński † (Archbishop: 16 Jul 1821 to 20 Dec 1825)
Adam Stanisław Grabowski † (Deacon: 11 Nov 1730; Priest: 26 Nov 1730 to 22 Jun 1733)
Adrian Grodecki † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Dec 1644 to 1658)
Jan Gruszczyński † (Archbishop: 19 Oct 1464 to 8 Oct 1473)
Henryk Grzondziel † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 May 1959 to 24 May 1968)
August Józef Hlond, S.D.B. † (Archbishop: 24 Jun 1926 to 22 Oct 1948)
Fryderyk Jagiellończyk † (Archbishop: 2 Oct 1493 to 14 Mar 1503)
Jan Janisław † (Archbishop: 7 Nov 1317 to 4 Dec 1341)
Jan Chryzostom Janiszenwski † (Priest: 1844; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jun 1871 to 11 Oct 1891)
Wojciech Jastrzębiec † (Archbishop: 9 Jul 1423 to 2 Sep 1436)
Paweł Antoni Jedzink † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Jun 1915 to 31 Oct 1918)
Ignacy Ludwik Jeż † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Apr 1960 to 1967)
Lech Kaczmarek †
Stanisław Karnkowski † (Archbishop: 7 Aug 1581 to 8 Jun 1603)
Joannes Karski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Jul 1771 to 7 May 1785)
Dominik Józef Kiełczewski †
Henryk Kietlicz † (Archbishop: 10 Jan 1207 to 22 Mar 1219)
Wilhelm Atanazy Kloske † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Dec 1910 to 12 May 1925)
Franciszek Kobielski †
Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (Archbishop: 22 Sep 1749 to 2 Mar 1759)
Remigiusz Koniecpolski †
Jan Ignacy Korytkowski † (Priest: 10 Aug 1851; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Apr 1888 to 14 May 1888)
Józef Korytowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Sep 1785 to 11 Jun 1790)
Michal Mateusz Kosmowski, C.R.L. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Sep 1791 to 11 Oct 1804)
Wincenty Kot z Dębna (Dembicy) † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1437 to 14 Aug 1448)
Kajetan von Kowalski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 1833 to 13 Jan 1840)
Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski †
Ignacy Augustyn Kozierowski, C.R.L.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Nov 1762 to 26 Jan 1791)
Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki † (Archbishop: 18 Dec 1795 to 14 Mar 1801)
Franciszek Józef Kraszkowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Oct 1719 to 20 Dec 1731)
Ignacy Krause, C.M. †
Jan Kropidło † (Archbishop: 19 Mar 1389 to 26 Jan 1394)
Andrzej Krzycki † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1535 to 10 May 1537)
Mikołaj Kurowski † (Archbishop: 23 Jan 1402 to 7 Sep 1411)
Jan Łaski † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 17 Sep 1508; Archbishop: 20 Apr 1510 to 19 May 1531)
Jan Latalski † (Archbishop: 17 Aug 1537 to 1540)
Pawel Latusek † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Nov 1961 to 28 Jun 1972)
Antoni Laubitz † (Priest: 11 Mar 1888; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Nov 1924 to 17 May 1939)
Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski † (Archbishop: 8 Jan 1866 to 2 Feb 1896)
Andrzej Leszczyński † (Archbishop: 8 Jan 1653 to 15 Apr 1658)
Wacław Leszczyński † (Archbishop: 27 Jan 1659 to 1 Apr 1666)
Edward Likowski † (Priest: 21 Dec 1861; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Mar 1887; Archbishop: 13 Aug 1914 to 20 Feb 1915)
Jan Lipski † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1638 to 13 May 1641)
Konstanty Samuel Lipski †
Pełka Lis † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1235 to 4 Apr 1258)
Arkadiusz Lisiecki †
Maciej Łubieński † (Archbishop: 27 Nov 1641 to 28 Aug 1652)
Stefan Wojciech von Łubieński † (Priest: 29 Sep 1759; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Nov 1790 to 21 May 1808)
Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (Archbishop: 9 Apr 1759 to 20 Jun 1767)
Stanisław Kostka Łukomski † (Priest: 24 Feb 1898; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Mar 1920 to 24 Jun 1926)
Bernard Maciejowski † (Archbishop: 31 Jul 1606 to 19 Jan 1608)
Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński †
Jan Madaliński, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Apr 1640 to 27 Mar 1644)
Stefan Antonin Mdzewski, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Aug 1699 to 16 May 1718)
Jan Michalski † (Priest: 3 Jun 1939; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Dec 1975 to 22 Apr 1989)
Mikolaj Mściwy z Wierzchowiska, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Apr 1509 to 7 Feb 1526)
Wincenty z Niałka † (Archbishop: 5 Oct 1220 to 1232)
Anton Nicolai, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jun 1469 to 1474)
Jan Wiktor Nowak † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Feb 1982 to 25 Mar 1996)
Dobrogost z Nowego Dworu † (Archbishop: 26 Jan 1394 to 14 Sep 1401)
Edmund Nowicki † (Priest: 15 Mar 1924 to 26 Apr 1951)
Jan Wladyslaw Obląk † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Nov 1961 to 28 Jun 1972)
Iwo Odrowąż † (Archbishop: 4 Nov 1219 - Did Not Take Effect to 13 May 1220)
Zbigniew z Oleśnicki † (Archbishop: 12 Oct 1481 to 2 Feb 1493)
Andrzej Olszowski † (Priest: 1645 to 8 Aug 1661; Archbishop: 26 Nov 1674 to 29 Aug 1677)
Andrzej Opaliński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1478)
Marcin z Opawy † (Archbishop: 22 Jun 1278 to 23 Dec 1279)
Władysław Oporowski † (Archbishop: 25 Jun 1449 to 11 Mar 1453)
Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski † (Archbishop: 23 Jun 1777 to 26 Aug 1784)
Daniel Eliasz Ostrowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 1815 to 4 Sep 1831)
Joseph Casimir Plagens †
Gabriel Jan Podoski † (Archbishop: 31 Aug 1767 to 3 Apr 1777)
Michał Jerzy Poniatowski † (Archbishop: 14 Feb 1785 to 12 Aug 1794)
Teodor Andrzej Potocki † (Archbishop: 22 Nov 1723 to 12 Nov 1738)
Mikołaj Jan Prażmowski † (Archbishop: 11 Oct 1666 to 15 Apr 1673)
Antonin Kornel Przedwojewski, O.F.M. Cap. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Sep 1768 to 3 Aug 1793)
Jan Przerębski † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 4 Nov 1558; Archbishop: 22 Feb 1559 to 12 Jan 1562)
Leon Michał von Przyłuski † (Archbishop: 20 Jan 1845 to 12 Mar 1865)
Ignacy Jan Zygmunt von Raczyński † (Archbishop: 26 Aug 1806 to 22 Aug 1818)
Lorenz Barlomiej Ignacy Antoni Raczyński, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Mar 1809 to 1821)
Augustyn Michal Stefan Radziejowski † (Archbishop: 17 May 1688 to 11 Oct 1705)
Jan Radzieovo, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 May 1497 to 1504)
Wladyslaw Rubin † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Nov 1964 to 27 Feb 1967)
Marcin von Siemieński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Mar 1816 to 27 Sep 1831)
Jakub Sienieński (z Sienna) † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1473 to 4 Oct 1480)
Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski †
Jan Sprowski † (Archbishop: 15 Oct 1453 to 14 Apr 1464)
Piotr Śreniawita † (Archbishop: 1180 to 1199)
Florian Oksza von Stablewski † (Deacon: 23 Dec 1865; Priest: 24 Feb 1866; Archbishop: 14 Dec 1891 to 24 Nov 1906)
Wojciech Stawowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Mar 1676 to 20 Jun 1693)
Franciszek Stefanowicz † (Deacon: 20 Dec 1823; Priest: 3 Oct 1824; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Nov 1854 to 23 Mar 1871)
Jerzy Stroba † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jul 1958 to 16 Oct 1967)
Janusz Suchywilk † (Archbishop: 16 Apr 1374 to 5 Apr 1382)
Jakub Świnka † (Archbishop: 30 Jul 1283 to 4 Mar 1313)
Kasper Józef Szajowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Dec 1781 to 26 Jun 1802)
Krzysztof Antoni Szembek † (Archbishop: 22 Jun 1739 to 6 Jul 1748)
Stanisław Szembek † (Archbishop: 7 Jun 1706 to 2 Aug 1721)
Janusz Tarnowa † (Archbishop: 27 Feb 1260 to 26 Aug 1271)
Jan Tarnowski † (Archbishop: 29 Mar 1604 to 14 Sep 1605)
Mikołaj Trąba † (Archbishop: 30 Apr 1412 to 2 Dec 1422)
Gaspar Trizenieski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Aug 1660)
Józef Michał Trzciński † (Deacon: 22 Jul 1708; Priest: 25 Jul 1708; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jul 1732 to 3 Jan 1738)
Jakub Uchański † (Archbishop: 31 Aug 1562 to 5 Apr 1581)
Wincenty Urban † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Oct 1959 to 28 Jun 1972)
Szczepan Wesoly † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Dec 1968 to 8 Apr 2003)
Jan Wężyk † (Archbishop: 22 Mar 1627 to 27 May 1638)
Andrzej Wilczyński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Oct 1608 to Jul 1627)
Jan Jerzy Wilkxycki †
Teofil Józef Wilski † (Priest: 11 Jun 1960 to 8 Apr 1995)
Bogdan Józef Wojtuś † (Priest: 20 May 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Sep 1988 to 15 Sep 2012)
Teofil von Wolicki † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1828 to 21 Dec 1829)
Paweł Wołucki †
Andrzej Wronka † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 May 1957 to 16 Oct 1967)
Wacław Wycisk † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Nov 1958 to 28 Jun 1972)
Jan Stefan Wydżga † (Archbishop: 17 Jul 1679 to 7 Sep 1685)
Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † (Archbishop: 12 Nov 1948 to 28 May 1981)
Grzegorz Zachariasiewicz † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Mar 1809 to 16 May 1814)
Tadeusz Paweł Zakrzewski † (Priest: 11 Feb 1906 to 8 Aug 1938)
Konstantyn Józef Zieliński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Aug 1694 to 30 Mar 1700)
Jakub ze Znina † (Archbishop: 1119 to 1148)
Sebastian Żydowski (Lidvinsky) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Aug 1541 to 1560)
Bodzanta † (Archbishop: 9 Jun 1382 to 1388)
Borzysław † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1316 to 30 Jun 1317)
Bossuta † (Archbishop: 1027 to 1038)
Dominik † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1310 to 21 Nov 1310)
Janik † (Archbishop: 1149 to 1167)
Marcin † (Archbishop: 1094 to 1118)
Piotr † (Archbishop: 1075 to 1092)
Zdzisław † (Archbishop: 1170 to 1180)

Source(s)

Archdiocese of Gniezno
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 265
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 160
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 204
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 195
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 210, and Page 211
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 226, and Page 227
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 204
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 287
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 347, to Page 348
Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 31, Page 262, and Page 263
Archdiocese of Gniezno
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 21, Page 559
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 96, Page 241, and Page 242

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