Warmia (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Heinrich von Streitberg, O.T. † (11 Feb 1249 Appointed - 7 May 1254 Appointed, Bishop of Samland (Sambia))
Anselm , O.T. † (28 Aug 1250 Ordained Bishop - 1275 Died)
Heinrich Fleming † (21 Mar 1279 Appointed - 15 Jul 1300 Died)
Johannes von Vechten † ( 1286 Appointed - 10 Jan 1286 Appointed, Archbishop of Riga)
Eberhard z Nysy † (6 Oct 1301 Appointed - 25 May 1326 Died)
Jordan † (12 Aug 1327 Appointed - 26 Nov 1328 Died)
Henri Wogenap † (30 Oct 1329 Appointed - 9 Apr 1334 Died)
Hermann z Pragi † (4 Dec 1337 Appointed - 31 Dec 1349 Died)
Johannes (Jan) Belger (z Miśni) † (29 Apr 1350 Appointed - 30 Jul 1355 Died)
Johannes Streifrock † (17 Nov 1355 Appointed - 1 Sep 1373 Died)
Henryk Sorbom † (5 Sep 1373 Appointed - 12 Jan 1401 Died)
Heinrich Vogelsang von Heisberg † (29 Mar 1401 Appointed - 24 Jul 1415 Died)
Johann Abezier † (1 Dec 1417 Appointed - 11 Feb 1424 Died)
Franz Kuhschmalz † (14 Apr 1424 Appointed - 10 Jun 1457 Died)
Enea Silvio Piccolomini † (12 Aug 1457 Appointed - 19 Aug 1458 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Paweł von Legendorf † (14 Oct 1458 Appointed - 23 Jul 1467 Died)
Nikolaus von Tüngen † (4 Nov 1468 Confirmed - 14 Feb 1489 Died)
Łukasz Weisselrod (Watzenrode) † (18 May 1489 Confirmed - 28 Mar 1512 Died)
Fabian Luzjański † (27 Aug 1512 Confirmed - 30 Jan 1523 Died)
Maurycy Ferber † (17 Jul 1523 Confirmed - 1 Jul 1537 Died)
Jan Dantyszek † (11 Jan 1538 Appointed - 27 Oct 1548 Died)
Tiedemann Bartłomiej Giese † (20 May 1549 Confirmed - 23 Oct 1550 Died)
Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † (11 May 1551 Confirmed - 5 Aug 1579 Died)
Marcin Kromer † (5 Aug 1579 Succeeded - 23 Mar 1589 Died)
András Bathóry † (23 Mar 1589 Succeeded - 28 Oct 1599 Died)
Piotr Tylicki † (9 Oct 1600 Appointed - 14 Jun 1604 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
Szymon Rudnicki † (12 Jan 1605 Appointed - 1621 Died)
Jan Olbracht Waza (Wazy), S.J. † (21 Oct 1621 Appointed - 20 Nov 1632 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
Nicolas Szyszkowski † (8 Mar 1633 Appointed - 1643 Died)
Jean Charles Konopacki † (5 Oct 1643 Appointed - 1644 Died)
Wacław Leszczyński † (12 Dec 1644 Confirmed - 27 Jan 1659 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Jan Stefan Wydżga † (10 Nov 1659 Confirmed - 17 Jul 1679 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Augustyn Michal Stefan Radziejowski † (23 Sep 1680 Confirmed - 17 May 1688 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Jan Stanisław Zbąski † (6 Dec 1688 Confirmed - 21 May 1697 Died)
Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski † (18 May 1699 Confirmed - 1 May 1711 Died)
Teodor Andrzej Potocki † (1 Jun 1712 Confirmed - 22 Nov 1723 Confirmed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek † (11 Sep 1724 Confirmed - 16 Mar 1740 Died)
Adam Stanisław Grabowski † (18 Sep 1741 Confirmed - 15 Dec 1766 Died)
Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki † (15 Dec 1766 Succeeded - 18 Dec 1795 Confirmed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Johann Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen † (18 Dec 1795 Confirmed - 11 Aug 1803 Died)
Ignacy Wincenty Stanislaw Mathy (Matthy) † (15 Aug 1803 Appointed - 1 Sep 1809 Resigned)
Joseph von Hohenzollern-Hechingen † (14 Apr 1817 Confirmed - 26 Sep 1836 Died)
Andreas Stanislaus von Hattynski (Hatten) † (2 Oct 1837 Confirmed - 3 Jan 1841 Died)
Józef Ambroży Geritz † (27 Jan 1842 Confirmed - 16 Aug 1867 Died)
Philipp Krementz † (20 Dec 1867 Confirmed - 30 Jul 1885 Appointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
Andreas Thiel † (12 Feb 1886 Confirmed - 17 Jul 1908 Died)
Augustinus Bludau † (12 Apr 1909 Confirmed - 9 Feb 1930 Died)
Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller † (23 Jul 1930 Appointed - 7 Jul 1947 Died)
Józef Drzazga † (28 Jun 1972 Appointed - 12 Sep 1978 Died)
Józef Glemp † (4 Mar 1979 Appointed - 7 Jul 1981 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Jan Wladyslaw Obląk † (13 Apr 1982 Appointed - 22 Oct 1988 Retired)
Edmund Michal Piszcz † (22 Oct 1988 Appointed - 30 May 2006 Retired)
Wojciech Ziemba † (30 May 2006 Appointed - 15 Oct 2016 Retired)
Józef Górzyński (15 Oct 2016 Succeeded - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Warmia (Ermland)
13th Century	Erected		Diocese of Warmia (Ermland) (erected)
16 July 1821	Territory Added	Diocese of Samland (Sambia) (suppressed)	Diocese of Warmia (Ermland)
30 December 1925	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm) Diocese of Warmia (Ermland)	Diocese of Gdańsk (erected) (Free State of Gdańsk)
4 April 1926	Territory Lost	Diocese of Warmia (Ermland) (Klaipėda, Šilutense, Bobkojense, and Viešvilense)	Territorial Prelature of Klaipeda (erected)
13 August 1930	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Warmia (Ermland) (from Immediately Subject)
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 Łomża (Augustów-Wschód, Augustów-Zachód, Sejny, Suwałki Południe, Suwałki Północ, along with Pruska Wólka Karwowska, Rajgród, and Rydzewo (from Grajewo)) Diocese of Warmia (Ermland) (Biała Piska, Ełk, Giżycko, Gołdap, Mikołajki Mazurskie, Olecko, Pisz, and Węgorzewo)	Diocese of Ełk (erected)
Archdiocese of Warmia
25 March 1992	Elevated	Diocese of Warmia (Ermland)	Archdiocese of Warmia

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 Warmia (Ermland)

1950 671,896 736,803 91.2% 171 62 233 2,883 42 287 214 ap1951

1970 1,150,000 1,253,000 91.8% 422 173 595 1,932 228 398 291 ap1971

1980 1,270,000 1,345,000 94.4% 440 180 620 2,048 350 386 246 ap1981

1990 1,356,000 1,436,000 94.4% 558 194 752 1,803 312 430 367 ap1991

Archdiocese of Warmia

1999 705,000 733,000 96.2% 375 105 480 1,468 186 244 247 ap2000

2000 697,000 725,000 96.1% 380 114 494 1,410 199 244 249 ap2001

2001 702,000 730,000 96.2% 383 111 494 1,421 199 233 252 ap2002

2002 703,000 731,500 96.1% 381 117 498 1,411 205 231 253 ap2003

2003 708,000 736,000 96.2% 386 115 501 1,413 209 238 253 ap2004

2004 693,000 710,000 97.6% 385 129 514 1,348 226 242 254 ap2005

2010 693,000 710,000 97.6% 388 102 490 1,414 145 248 258 ap2011

2014 694,000 711,000 97.6% 422 124 546 1,271 153 244 260 ap2015

2017 683,600 700,600 97.6% 434 99 533 1,282 105 240 262 ap2018

2020 689,300 705,480 97.7% 435 111 546 1,262 113 194 262 ap2021

2022 688,910 705,100 97.7% 422 95 517 1,332 2 102 180 262 ap2023

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 Warmia (Ermland)
1950	671,896	736,803	91.2%	171	62	233	2,883		42	287	214	ap1951
1970	1,150,000	1,253,000	91.8%	422	173	595	1,932		228	398	291	ap1971
1980	1,270,000	1,345,000	94.4%	440	180	620	2,048		350	386	246	ap1981
1990	1,356,000	1,436,000	94.4%	558	194	752	1,803		312	430	367	ap1991
Archdiocese of Warmia
1999	705,000	733,000	96.2%	375	105	480	1,468		186	244	247	ap2000
2000	697,000	725,000	96.1%	380	114	494	1,410		199	244	249	ap2001
2001	702,000	730,000	96.2%	383	111	494	1,421		199	233	252	ap2002
2002	703,000	731,500	96.1%	381	117	498	1,411		205	231	253	ap2003
2003	708,000	736,000	96.2%	386	115	501	1,413		209	238	253	ap2004
2004	693,000	710,000	97.6%	385	129	514	1,348		226	242	254	ap2005
2010	693,000	710,000	97.6%	388	102	490	1,414		145	248	258	ap2011
2014	694,000	711,000	97.6%	422	124	546	1,271		153	244	260	ap2015
2017	683,600	700,600	97.6%	434	99	533	1,282		105	240	262	ap2018
2020	689,300	705,480	97.7%	435	111	546	1,262		113	194	262	ap2021
2022	688,910	705,100	97.7%	422	95	517	1,332	2	102	180	262	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Johann Abezier † (Bishop: 1 Dec 1417 to 11 Feb 1424)
András Bathóry † (Coadjutor Bishop: 28 Jul 1584; Bishop: 23 Mar 1589 to 28 Oct 1599)
Johannes (Jan) Belger (z Miśni) † (Bishop: 29 Apr 1350 to 30 Jul 1355)
Augustinus Bludau † (Priest: 13 Mar 1887; Bishop: 12 Apr 1909 to 9 Feb 1930)
Jan Dantyszek † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1538 to 27 Oct 1548)
Józef Drzazga † (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 May 1967; Bishop: 28 Jun 1972 to 12 Sep 1978)
Michał Erazm Działyński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 1624 to 17 Dec 1646)
Maurycy Ferber † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1523 to 1 Jul 1537)
Heinrich Fleming † (Bishop: 21 Mar 1279 to 15 Jul 1300)
Anton Frenzel † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Sep 1852 to 3 Apr 1873)
Józef Ambroży Geritz † (Deacon: 9 Mar 1806; Priest: 5 Apr 1806; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Apr 1840; Bishop: 27 Jan 1842 to 16 Aug 1867)
Tiedemann Bartłomiej Giese † (Bishop: 20 May 1549 to 23 Oct 1550)
Józef Glemp † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1979 to 7 Jul 1981)
Adam Stanisław Grabowski † (Bishop: 18 Sep 1741 to 15 Dec 1766)
Franz Großmann (Grossmann) † (Priest: 16 Mar 1803; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Jun 1844 to 5 May 1852)
Andreas Stanislaus von Hattynski (Hatten) † (Priest: 1 Apr 1786; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Aug 1800; Bishop: 2 Oct 1837 to 3 Jan 1841)
Eduard Herrmann (Hermann) † (Priest: 24 Jul 1859; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Aug 1901 to 3 Mar 1916)
Johann Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1795 to 11 Aug 1803)
Joseph von Hohenzollern-Hechingen † (Deacon: 24 Aug 1800; Priest: 31 Aug 1800; Bishop: 14 Apr 1817 to 26 Sep 1836)
Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † (Bishop: 11 May 1551 to 5 Aug 1579)
Paweł Antoni Jedzink † (Priest: 2 Aug 1874 to 30 Jun 1915)
Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller † (Prelate: 23 Jul 1930; Bishop: 2 Sep 1930 to 7 Jul 1947)
Jean Charles Konopacki † (Bishop: 5 Oct 1643 to 1644)
Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki † (Deacon: 21 Sep 1758; Priest: 2 Feb 1759; Coadjutor Bishop: 1 Dec 1766; Bishop: 15 Dec 1766 to 18 Dec 1795)
Philipp Krementz † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1867 to 30 Jul 1885)
Marcin Kromer † (Coadjutor Bishop: 2 Jun 1570; Bishop: 5 Aug 1579 to 23 Mar 1589)
Franz Kuhschmalz † (Bishop: 14 Apr 1424 to 10 Jun 1457)
Jan Franciszek Kurdwanowski, S.J. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 May 1713 to 5 Jan 1730)
Michał Remigiusz Łaszewski † (Deacon: 8 Sep 1707; Priest: 12 Sep 1707; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Oct 1730 to 2 Oct 1746)
Paweł von Legendorf † (Administrator: 14 Oct 1458 to 23 Jul 1467)
Wacław Leszczyński † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1644 to 27 Jan 1659)
Kazimierz Benedykt Leżeński, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 May 1695 to 25 Oct 1703)
Fabian Luzjański † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1512 to 30 Jan 1523)
Teodor Majkowicz † (Priest: 24 Jun 1956 to 16 Jan 1991)
Ignacy Wincenty Stanislaw Mathy (Matthy) † (Priest: 22 Dec 1787; Vicar Apostolic: 15 Aug 1803 to 1 Sep 1809)
Franz Adolf Namszanowski † (Deacon: 24 May 1846; Priest: 1 Jun 1846 to 22 May 1868)
Eberhard z Nysy † (Bishop: 6 Oct 1301 to 25 May 1326)
Jan Wladyslaw Obląk † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jun 1972; Bishop: 13 Apr 1982 to 22 Oct 1988)
Enea Silvio Piccolomini † (Bishop: 12 Aug 1457 to 19 Aug 1458)
Wojciech Pilchowicz † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jan 1648 to Apr 1665)
Edmund Michal Piszcz † (Apostolic Administrator: 11 Nov 1985; Bishop: 22 Oct 1988; Archbishop: 25 Mar 1992 to 30 May 2006)
Tadeusz Płoski † (Priest: 6 Jun 1982 to 16 Oct 2004)
Teodor Andrzej Potocki † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1712 to 22 Nov 1723)
Hermann z Pragi † (Bishop: 4 Dec 1337 to 31 Dec 1349)
Augustyn Michal Stefan Radziejowski † (Bishop: 23 Sep 1680 to 17 May 1688)
Franz Justus Rarkowski †
Szymon Rudnicki † (Bishop: 12 Jan 1605 to 1621)
Henryk Sorbom † (Bishop: 5 Sep 1373 to 12 Jan 1401)
Johannes Streifrock † (Bishop: 17 Nov 1355 to 1 Sep 1373)
Heinrich von Streitberg, O.T. † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1249 to 7 May 1254)
Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek † (Bishop: 11 Sep 1724 to 16 Mar 1740)
Nicolas Szyszkowski † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1633 to 1643)
Andreas Thiel † (Priest: 30 Sep 1849; Bishop: 12 Feb 1886 to 17 Jul 1908)
Nikolaus von Tüngen † (Bishop: 4 Nov 1468 to 14 Feb 1489)
Piotr Tylicki † (Bishop: 9 Oct 1600 to 14 Jun 1604)
Johannes von Vechten † (Bishop: 1286 to 10 Jan 1286)
Heinrich Vogelsang von Heisberg † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1401 to 24 Jul 1415)
Jan Olbracht Waza (Wazy), S.J. † (Administrator: 21 Oct 1621 to 20 Nov 1632)
Łukasz Weisselrod (Watzenrode) † (Bishop: 18 May 1489 to 28 Mar 1512)
Stefan Wierzbowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jul 1710 to 22 Feb 1713)
Tomasz Wilczyński † (Apostolic Administrator: 1 Dec 1956 to 5 Aug 1965)
Leonardo Wisbach, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Oct 1480)
Henri Wogenap † (Bishop: 30 Oct 1329 to 9 Apr 1334)
Jan Stefan Wydżga † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1659 to 17 Jul 1679)
Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski † (Bishop: 18 May 1699 to 1 May 1711)
Jan Stanisław Zbąski † (Bishop: 6 Dec 1688 to 21 May 1697)
Karl Friedrich von Zehmen † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Apr 1765 to 13 Dec 1798)
Wojciech Ziemba † (Priest: 18 Jun 1967; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jun 1982 to 25 Mar 1992; Archbishop: 30 May 2006 to 15 Oct 2016)
Anselm , O.T. † (Bishop: 28 Aug 1250 to 1275)
Jordan † (Bishop: 12 Aug 1327 to 26 Nov 1328)

Source(s)

Diocese of Warmia (Ermland)
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 515, and Page 516
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 262, and Page 263
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 327
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 359
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 405
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 432
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 389
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 583
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 358, to Page 359
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 23, Page 34, to Page 41
Archdiocese of Warmia
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 84, Page 1,099, to Page 1,112

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