Lublin (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Historical Details

Diocese of Chełm
- Latin Name: Chelmensis
- Erected: 1375
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gniezno
- Country: Poland
Diocese of Chełm and Lublin
- Latin Name: Chelmensis et Lublinensis
- Name Changed: 1790
- Country: Poland
Diocese of Lublin
- Latin Name: Lublinensis
- Name Changed: 22 September 1805
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}
- Country: Poland
Diocese of Lublin and Jan�w Podlaski (Podlaska o Jan�w)
- Latin Name: Lublinensis et Podlachiensis seu Ianoviensis
- United: 30 December 1889
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}
- Country: Poland
Diocese of Lublin
- Latin Name: Lublinensis
- Split: 24 October 1918
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}
- Country: Poland

Past and Present Ordinaries

Tomasz z Sienna, O.F.M. † (20 May 1359 Appointed - 1365 Died)
Stefan ze Lwowa † ( 1388 Appointed - 18 Sep 1406 Resigned)
Jan Biskupiec, O.P. † (1 May 1417 Appointed - 22 Apr 1452 Died)
Jan Kraska Tarnowski, O.P. † (18 Aug 1452 Appointed - 17 Apr 1462 Died)
Paweł z Grabowa † (14 Jun 1463 Appointed - 18 Feb 1479 Died)
Jan Kaźmierski † (6 Mar 1480 Appointed - 10 May 1484 Appointed, Bishop of Przemyśl)
Jan z Targowiska † (14 May 1484 Appointed - 26 May 1486 Appointed, Bishop of Przemyśl)
Maciej ze Starej Łomży † (14 Mar 1490 Appointed - 12 Sep 1505 Died)
Mikołaj Kościelecki † (14 Nov 1505 Appointed - 4 May 1518 Died)
Jakub Buczacki † (5 Nov 1518 Appointed - 29 Jul 1538 Appointed, Bishop of Płock)
Sebastian Branicki Korczack † (29 Jul 1538 Appointed - 9 Sep 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
Samuel Maciejowski † (17 Oct 1539 Appointed - 22 Aug 1541 Appointed, Bishop of Płock)
Mikołaj Dzierżgowski † (31 May 1542 Appointed - 30 Mar 1543 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
Jan Dziaduski † (30 Mar 1543 Appointed - 8 Jun 1545 Appointed, Bishop of Przemyśl)
Andrzej Zebrzydowski † (8 Jun 1545 Appointed - 19 Mar 1546 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
Jan Drohojowski † (19 Feb 1546 Appointed - 25 Feb 1551 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
Jakub Uchański † (18 Nov 1551 Appointed - 2 Jun 1561 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
Jan Przerębski † (13 May 1558 Appointed - 4 Nov 1558 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Gniezno)
Mikołaj Wolski † (2 Jun 1561 Appointed - 31 Aug 1562 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
Wojciech Staroźrebski Sobiejuski † (6 Nov 1562 Appointed - 11 Dec 1577 Appointed, Bishop of Przemyśl)
Adam Pilchowski † (16 Jun 1578 Appointed - 1585 Died)
Wawrzyniec Goślicki † (22 Jan 1590 Appointed - 10 May 1591 Appointed, Bishop of Przemyśl)
Stanisław Gomoliński † (31 Jul 1591 Appointed - 30 Aug 1600 Appointed, Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck))
Jerzy Zamoyski † (19 Feb 1601 Appointed - 4 Jan 1621 Died)
Maciej Łubieński † (17 May 1621 Appointed - 14 Apr 1626 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
Remigiusz Koniecpolski † (17 May 1627 Appointed - 26 Oct 1640 Died)
Paweł Piasecki † (27 Nov 1641 Appointed - 28 Nov 1644 Appointed, Bishop of Przemyśl)
Stanisław Pstrokoński † (22 Dec 1644 Appointed - 17 Jun 1657 Died)
Tomasz Leżeński, O. Cist. † (1 Apr 1658 Appointed - 5 Sep 1667 Appointed, Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck))
Jan R�życki † (14 Nov 1667 Appointed - 4 Jun 1669 Died)
Krzysztof Jan Żegocki † (30 Jun 1670 Appointed - 11 Aug 1673 Died)
Stanisław Kazimierz Dąmbski † (18 Dec 1673 Appointed - 19 Oct 1676 Appointed, Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck))
Stanisław Jacek Święcicki, C.R.S.A. † (8 Feb 1677 Appointed - 26 Oct 1696 Died)
Mikołaj Gerard Wyżycki † (11 Apr 1699 Confirmed - 5 Jan 1705 Died)
Kazimierz Łubieński † (14 Dec 1705 Appointed - 7 May 1710 Appointed, Bishop of Krak�w)
Teodor von Ludinghausen Wolff † (10 Nov 1710 Appointed - 9 May 1712 Died)
Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek † (22 May 1713 Confirmed - 15 Mar 1719 Appointed, Bishop of Przemyśl)
Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro † (29 Mar 1719 Appointed - 27 Sep 1724 Appointed, Bishop of Przemyśl)
Jan Feliks Szaniawski † (29 Jan 1725 Confirmed - 17 Dec 1733 Died)
J�zef Eustachy Szembek † (19 Nov 1736 Appointed - 29 Jan 1753 Confirmed, Bishop of Płock)
Walenty Franciszek Wężyk † (9 Apr 1753 Confirmed - 22 Apr 1765 Confirmed, Bishop of Przemyśl)
Feliks Paweł Turski † (22 Apr 1765 Confirmed - 4 Mar 1771 Confirmed, Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck))
Antoni Onufry Okęcki † (4 Mar 1771 Confirmed - 20 Mar 1780 Succeeded, Bishop of Poznań)
Jan Alojzy Aleksandrowicz † (20 Mar 1780 Succeeded - 11 Sep 1781 Died)
Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz † (10 Dec 1781 Confirmed - 6 Oct 1790 Died)
Wojciech J�zef Skarszewski † (29 Nov 1790 Confirmed - 12 Jul 1824 Appointed, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw})
J�zef Marcelin Dzięcielski † (19 Dec 1825 Appointed - 14 Feb 1839 Died)
Vincenzo Pieńkowski † (27 Sep 1852 Appointed - 21 Nov 1863 Died)
Valentino Baranowski † (22 Dec 1871 Appointed - 12 Aug 1879 Died)
Kazimierz J�zef Wnorowski † (15 Mar 1883 Appointed - 20 Apr 1885 Died)
Franciszek Jaczewski † (30 Dec 1889 Appointed - 23 Jul 1914 Died)
Marian Leon Fulman † (24 Sep 1918 Appointed - 18 Dec 1945 Died)
Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † (4 Mar 1946 Appointed - 12 Nov 1948 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
Piotr Kałwa † (30 May 1949 Appointed - 17 Jul 1974 Died)
Boleslaw Pylak † (27 Jun 1975 Appointed - 14 Jun 1997 Retired)
J�zef Mirosław Życiński † (14 Jun 1997 Appointed - 10 Feb 2011 Died)
Stanisław Budzik (26 Sep 2011 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Chełm
1375	Erected		Diocese of Chełm (erected)
Diocese of Chełm and Lublin
1790	Name Changed	Diocese of Chełm Diocese of Krak�w	Diocese of Chełm and Lublin
Diocese of Lublin
22 September 1805	Name Changed	Diocese of Chełm and Lublin	Diocese of Lublin
Diocese of Lublin and Jan�w Podlaski (Podlaska o Jan�w)
30 December 1889	United	Diocese of Lublin Diocese of Jan�w Podlaski (Podlaska o Jan�w)	Diocese of Lublin and Jan�w Podlaski (Podlaska o Jan�w)
Diocese of Lublin
24 October 1918	Split	Diocese of Lublin and Jan�w Podlaski (Podlaska o Jan�w)	Diocese of Lublin Diocese of Jan�w Podlaski (Podlaska o Jan�w)
22 October 1921	Territory Added	Diocese of Jan�w Podlaski (Podlaska o Jan�w) (Kopina)	Diocese of Lublin
30 October 1922	Territory Added	Diocese of Jan�w Podlaski (Podlaska o Jan�w) (Krasne)	Diocese of Lublin
19 December 1936	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lublin (Krame)	Diocese of Siedlce
1 April 1939	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lublin (Tilniki and Wladyslaw�w)	Diocese of Siedlce
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lublin (Jan�w Lubelski and Zaklik�w) Diocese of Przemyśl (Gorzyce Tarnobrzeskie, Nisko, Raniż�w, Rudnik nad Sanem, Stalowa Wola, Tarnobrzeg Południe, and Tarnobrzeg P�łnoc) Diocese of Sandomierz-Radom (Koprzywnica, Łag�w, Opat�w, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski-Wsch�d, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski-Zach�d, Sandomierz, Stasz�w, and Zawichost) Diocese of Tarn�w (Baran�w)	Diocese of Sandomierz
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of Lubacz�w Diocese of Lublin	Diocese of Zamość-Lubacz�w (Biłgoraj, Cieszan�w, Hrubiesz�w, J�zef�w, Lubacz�w, Narol, Szczebrzeszyn, Tarnogr�d, Tarnoszyn, Tomasz�w Lubelski, Tyszowce, Uchanie, Zamość-Kolegiata, and Zamość-Nowe Miasto.)
Archdiocese of Lublin
25 March 1992	Elevated	Diocese of Lublin	Archdiocese of Lublin

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 Lublin

1949 1,115,000 1,126,000 99.0% 415 56 471 2,367 84 628 251 ap1951

1970 1,411,500 1,615,000 87.4% 645 123 768 1,837 165 1,028 253 ap1971

1980 1,492,520 1,739,360 85.8% 721 152 873 1,709 220 923 274 ap1981

1990 1,554,010 1,793,678 86.6% 918 180 1,098 1,415 359 1,100 403 ap1991

Archdiocese of Lublin

1999 1,028,977 1,064,557 96.7% 987 241 1,228 837 415 742 252 ap2000

2000 1,032,007 1,049,797 98.3% 1,021 251 1,272 811 422 809 253 ap2001

2001 1,049,435 1,070,017 98.1% 936 210 1,146 915 398 752 252 ap2002

2002 1,039,400 1,066,467 97.5% 1,061 205 1,266 821 405 677 254 ap2003

2003 1,093,215 1,124,414 97.2% 1,060 207 1,267 862 405 684 254 ap2004

2004 1,070,000 1,097,570 97.5% 1,148 222 1,370 781 402 723 256 ap2005

2013 1,024,394 1,132,984 90.4% 1,335 234 1,569 652 293 614 269 ap2014

2016 1,054,371 1,092,361 96.5% 828 215 1,043 1,010 277 576 271 ap2017

2019 1,027,421 1,079,144 95.2% 832 191 1,023 1,004 251 534 271 ap2020

2021 1,049,858 1,103,486 95.1% 804 182 986 1,064 232 485 271 ap2022

2023 1,021,060 1,074,859 95.0% 797 172 969 1,053 218 485 271 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Lublin
1949	1,115,000	1,126,000	99.0%	415	56	471	2,367	84	628	251	ap1951
1970	1,411,500	1,615,000	87.4%	645	123	768	1,837	165	1,028	253	ap1971
1980	1,492,520	1,739,360	85.8%	721	152	873	1,709	220	923	274	ap1981
1990	1,554,010	1,793,678	86.6%	918	180	1,098	1,415	359	1,100	403	ap1991
Archdiocese of Lublin
1999	1,028,977	1,064,557	96.7%	987	241	1,228	837	415	742	252	ap2000
2000	1,032,007	1,049,797	98.3%	1,021	251	1,272	811	422	809	253	ap2001
2001	1,049,435	1,070,017	98.1%	936	210	1,146	915	398	752	252	ap2002
2002	1,039,400	1,066,467	97.5%	1,061	205	1,266	821	405	677	254	ap2003
2003	1,093,215	1,124,414	97.2%	1,060	207	1,267	862	405	684	254	ap2004
2004	1,070,000	1,097,570	97.5%	1,148	222	1,370	781	402	723	256	ap2005
2013	1,024,394	1,132,984	90.4%	1,335	234	1,569	652	293	614	269	ap2014
2016	1,054,371	1,092,361	96.5%	828	215	1,043	1,010	277	576	271	ap2017
2019	1,027,421	1,079,144	95.2%	832	191	1,023	1,004	251	534	271	ap2020
2021	1,049,858	1,103,486	95.1%	804	182	986	1,064	232	485	271	ap2022
2023	1,021,060	1,074,859	95.0%	797	172	969	1,053	218	485	271	ap2024

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Jan Alojzy Aleksandrowicz † (Coadjutor Bishop: 17 Jul 1775; Bishop: 20 Mar 1780 to 11 Sep 1781)
Valentino Baranowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Aug 1857; Bishop: 22 Dec 1871 to 12 Aug 1879)
Jan Biskupiec, O.P. † (Bishop: 1 May 1417 to 22 Apr 1452)
Sebastian Branicki Korczack † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1538 to 9 Sep 1539)
Jakub Buczacki † (Bishop: 5 Nov 1518 to 29 Jul 1538)
Walenty Konstantyn Czulski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Feb 1721 to 10 Feb 1724)
Stanisław Kazimierz Dąmbski † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1673 to 19 Oct 1676)
Jan Dłużewski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Jun 1696 to 13 Apr 1720)
Jan Drohojowski † (Bishop: 19 Feb 1546 to 25 Feb 1551)
J�zef Drzazga † (Priest: 3 Oct 1938 to 5 May 1958)
Jan Dziaduski † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1543 to 8 Jun 1545)
J�zef Marcelin Dzięcielski † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1825 to 14 Feb 1839)
Mikołaj Dzierżgowski † (Bishop: 31 May 1542 to 30 Mar 1543)
Marian Leon Fulman † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1918 to 18 Dec 1945)
Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1781 to 6 Oct 1790)
Zdzisław Goliński † (Coadjutor Bishop: 28 Mar 1947 to 22 Apr 1951)
Stanisław Gomoliński † (Bishop: 31 Jul 1591 to 30 Aug 1600)
Bl. Wladyslaw Goral † (Priest: 18 Dec 1920; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Aug 1938 to Apr 1944)
Wawrzyniec Goślicki † (Bishop: 22 Jan 1590 to 10 May 1591)
Paweł z Grabowa † (Bishop: 14 Jun 1463 to 18 Feb 1479)
Piotr Hemperek † (Priest: 17 Dec 1955; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 May 1982 to 4 Jul 1992)
Edmund Ilcewicz † (Priest: 29 Jun 1948; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Apr 1969 to 12 Sep 1981)
Franciszek Jaczewski † (Bishop: 30 Dec 1889 to 23 Jul 1914)
Marian Jankowski †
Adolf J�zef Jełowicki † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Nov 1918 to 7 Jul 1937)
Piotr Kałwa † (Bishop: 30 May 1949 to 17 Jul 1974)
Zygmunt Kamiński † (Priest: 22 Dec 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Oct 1975 to 10 Jan 1984)
Ryszard Karpiński † (Priest: 19 Apr 1959; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Aug 1985 to 31 Dec 2011)
Jan Kaźmierski † (Bishop: 6 Mar 1480 to 10 May 1484)
Dominik J�zef Kiełczewski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jul 1760 to 14 Jul 1775)
Melchior Jan Kochnowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Jul 1775 to 30 Apr 1788)
Remigiusz Koniecpolski † (Bishop: 17 May 1627 to 26 Oct 1640)
Mikołaj Kościelecki † (Bishop: 14 Nov 1505 to 4 May 1518)
J�zef Szczepan Koźmian † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Sep 1819 to 10 Mar 1823)
Jan Chryzostom Krasiński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Sep 1748 to 25 Mar 1757)
Jan Kraska Tarnowski, O.P. † (Bishop: 18 Aug 1452 to 17 Apr 1462)
J�zef Antoni Łaszcz † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jun 1738 to 7 Aug 1741)
Tomasz Leżeński, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 1 Apr 1658 to 5 Sep 1667)
Kazimierz Łubieński † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1705 to 7 May 1710)
Maciej Łubieński † (Bishop: 17 May 1621 to 14 Apr 1626)
Teodor von Ludinghausen Wolff † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1710 to 9 May 1712)
Stefan ze Lwowa † (Bishop: 1388 to 18 Sep 1406)
Samuel Maciejowski † (Bishop: 17 Oct 1539 to 22 Aug 1541)
Franciszek Malczyński †
Jan Mazur † (Priest: 26 Jun 1949; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Apr 1961 to 24 Oct 1968)
Antoni Onufry Okęcki † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1771 to 20 Mar 1780)
J�zef Olszański † (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jun 1727 to 16 May 1738)
Paweł Piasecki † (Priest: 1602 to 20 Dec 1627; Bishop: 27 Nov 1641 to 28 Nov 1644)
Vincenzo Pieńkowski † (Priest: 30 Jul 1809; Bishop: 27 Sep 1852 to 21 Nov 1863)
Adam Pilchowski † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1578 to 1585)
Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1719 to 27 Sep 1724)
Jan Przerębski † (Bishop: 13 May 1558 to 4 Nov 1558)
Stanisław Pstrokoński † (Bishop: 22 Dec 1644 to 17 Jun 1657)
Boleslaw Pylak † (Priest: 29 Jun 1948; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Mar 1966; Bishop: 27 Jun 1975; Archbishop: 25 Mar 1992 to 14 Jun 1997)
Jan R�życki † (Bishop: 14 Nov 1667 to 4 Jun 1669)
Tomasz z Sienna, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 20 May 1359 to 1365)
Wojciech J�zef Skarszewski † (Bishop: 29 Nov 1790 to 12 Jul 1824)
Abraham Jan Jacek Śladkowski, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 May 1622 to 1 Nov 1643)
Maciej ze Starej Łomży † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1490 to 12 Sep 1505)
Wojciech Staroźrebski Sobiejuski † (Bishop: 6 Nov 1562 to 11 Dec 1577)
Stanisław Stefanek, S. Chr. †
Henryk Strakowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 May 1958 to 6 May 1965)
Władysław Suszyński †
Stanisław Jacek Święcicki, C.R.S.A. † (Bishop: 8 Feb 1677 to 26 Oct 1696)
Mikołaj Romanow Świrski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Dec 1644 to 14 May 1676)
Jan Feliks Szaniawski † (Bishop: 29 Jan 1725 to 17 Dec 1733)
J�zef Eustachy Szembek † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1736 to 29 Jan 1753)
Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek † (Bishop: 22 May 1713 to 15 Mar 1719)
Jan z Targowiska † (Bishop: 14 May 1484 to 26 May 1486)
Feliks Paweł Turski † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1765 to 4 Mar 1771)
Jakub Uchański † (Bishop: 18 Nov 1551 to 2 Jun 1561)
Walenty Franciszek Wężyk † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1753 to 22 Apr 1765)
Tomasz Wilczyński † (Priest: 1 Aug 1926; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jun 1952 to 1 Dec 1956)
Kazimierz J�zef Wnorowski † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1883 to 20 Apr 1885)
Maurycy Mateusz Wojakowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Dec 1824 to 7 Feb 1845)
Mikołaj Wolski † (Bishop: 2 Jun 1561 to 31 Aug 1562)
Jan Konstanty Wożuczyński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jan 1680 to 28 Jan 1687)
Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1946 to 12 Nov 1948)
Mikołaj Gerard Wyżycki † (Bishop: 11 Apr 1699 to 5 Jan 1705)
Jerzy Zamoyski † (Bishop: 19 Feb 1601 to 4 Jan 1621)
Andrzej Zebrzydowski † (Bishop: 8 Jun 1545 to 19 Mar 1546)
Krzysztof Jan Żegocki † (Bishop: 30 Jun 1670 to 11 Aug 1673)
J�zef Mirosław Życiński † (Archbishop: 14 Jun 1997 to 10 Feb 2011)

Source(s)

Diocese of Chełm
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 184
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 126
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 164, and Page 165
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 147
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 156, and Page 157
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 162, and Page 163
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 344
Diocese of Chełm and Lublin
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 243
Diocese of Lublin
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 349
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 361