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Suffragan diocese Włocławek, Poland

Diocese of Włocławek

Vladislavien(sis)

Ancient Latin-rite diocese in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region of Poland, dating to around 1015 (originally the Diocese of Kujawy-Pomorze) with its see in Wloclawek. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gniezno. Its mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wloclawek.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wloclawek, in Włocławek, Poland.

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Established
1015
Catholics
748,506
Priests
566
Territory
8,824 km²

Parishes and churches

232 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Krzysztof Wetkowski
Born
8 July 1945
Birthplace
Witkowo

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wloclawek stands in Włocławek, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Known until the 20th century as the Diocese of Kujawy, the Diocese of Włocławek (Latin: Dioecesis Vladislaviensis) is a Latin Church diocese in Poland, a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno. The bishops' seat is Włocławek Cathedral, also a minor basilica, the Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP, in the city of Włocławek in Kujawsko-Pomorskie.