Diocese of Włocławek
Vladislavien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Włocławek, Poland
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1015
- Latin
- Vladislavien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000163
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 748,506
- Population
- 758,348
- Catholic share
- 98.7%
- Priests
- 566
- Catholics per priest
- 1,322
- Extent
- 8,824 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 85
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Krzysztof Wetkowski
- Born
- 8 July 1945
- Birthplace
- Witkowo
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Gniezno
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Gniezno.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BydgoszczBydgoszcz
- Archdiocese of GnieznoGniezno
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].