Diocese of Elbląg, Poland 🇵🇱 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1992.03.25: Established as Diocese of Elbląg / Elbingen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chełmno, Diocese of Gdańsk and Diocese of Warmia and became suffragan of Warmia)
Papal Visits
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
Bishops of Elbląg (Roman Rite) |
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Bishop Jacek Jezierski (75) (2014.05.10 – ...)Bishop of Elbląg (Poland)Veritas Christi liberatBorn:1949.12.23 (Olsztyn, Poland)Ordained Priest:1974.06.16Consecrated Bishop:1994.03.05Priest of Warmia (Poland) (1974.06.16 – 1994.02.19)Titular Bishop of Liberalia (1994.02.19 – 2014.05.10)Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland) (1994.02.19 – 2014.05.10)Bishop of Elbląg (Poland) (2014.05.10 – ...)Apostolic Administrator of Gdańsk (Poland) (2020.08.13 – 2021.03.02) |
Bishop Jan Styrna (2003.08.02 – 2014.05.10)In nomine DominiBorn:1941.01.25 (Szczepanów, Poland)Ordained Priest:1965.06.27Consecrated Bishop:1991.07.28Died:2022.09.28 (Elbląg, Poland † 81)Titular Bishop of Acquapendente (1991.06.22 – 2003.08.02)Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1991.06.22 – 2003.08.02)Bishop of Elbląg (Poland) (2003.08.02 – 2014.05.10) |
Bishop Andrzej Józef Śliwiński (1992.03.25 – 2003.08.02)Illum oportet crescereBorn:1939.01.06 (Poland)Ordained Priest:1961.12.17Consecrated Bishop:1986.06.15Died:2009.09.09 († 70)Titular Bishop of Arindela (1986.05.09 – 1992.03.25)Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland) (1986.05.09 – 1992.03.25)Bishop of Elbląg (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2003.08.02) |
Former Prelates
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Józef Wysocki (84) (1992.03.25 – 2015.10.31)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 9,495 km²
Population: 439,000 Catholics (89.7% of 489,400 total)
Pastoral Centres: 158 parishes, 31 missions
Personnel: 317 priests (242 diocesan, 75 religious), 11 deacons, 169 religious (79 brothers, 90 sisters), 23 seminarians