Bishopric of Culm (Chełmno)

The Bishopric of Culm (German: Bistum Kulm; Polish: Diecezja chełmińska) was a Roman Catholic bishopric in Chełmno Land (Culm land) in medieval Prussia.

It was founded in 1243 by the papal legate William of Modena in the Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, along with the three other bishoprics, Bishopric of Warmia, Samland (in Sambia) and Pomesania. Initially the bishopric of Culm or Kulm's seat was Chełmża (Kulmsee). Between 1257-1773 it's seat became the castle in Lubawa and from 1824 the seat was in Pelplin. The bishopric was disbanded in 1992 by Pope John Paul II as part of the reorganization of the Catholic Church in Poland.

List of bishops

• 1245–1263: Heidenreich von Kulm (Ordo fratrum Praedicatorum, Dominican Order)
• 1264–1274: Friedrich von Hausen (Ordo Teutonicus, Teutonic Order)
• 1275–1291: Werner von Kulm OT
• 1291/92–1301: Heinrich Schenk OT
• 1303–1311: Hermann von Kulm OT
• 1311–1316/19: Eberhard von Kulm OT
• 1319–1323: Nikolaus Afri OP
• 1323–1349: Otto von Kulm OT
• 1349–1359: Jakob von Kulm OT
• 1359–1363: Johann Schadland OP
• 1363–1381/85: Wikbold Dobilstein OT
• 1385–1390: Reinhard von Sayn
• 1390: Martin von Lynow OT
• 1390–1398: Nikolaus Schippenbeil OT
• 1398–1402: Jan Kropidło
• 1402–1416: Arnold Stapel OT
• 1416–1457: Johann Marienau
• 1457–1479: Wincenty Kiełbasa
• 1480–1495: Stephan von Niborka
• 1496–1507: Nikolaus Krapitz
• 1508–1530: Jan Konopacki
• 1530–1538: Johannes Dantiscus
• 1538–1549: Tiedemann Giese
• 1549–1551: Stanislaus Hosius
• 1551–1562: Jan Lubodziecki
• 1562–1571: Stanisław Żelisławski SOC
• 1574–1595: Piotr Kostka
• 1595–1600: Piotr Tylicki
• 1600–1610: Wawrzyniec Gembicki
• 1611–1613: Maciej Konopacki
• 1614–1624: Jan Kucborski
• 1624–1635: Jakob Zadzik
• 1635–1639: Jan Lipski
• 1639–1646: Kasper Działyński
• 1646–1652: Andrzej Leszczyński
• 1653–1655: Jan Gembicki
• 1658–1661: Adam Koss
• 1662–1674: Andrzej Olszewski
• 1676–1681: Jan Małachowski
• 1681–1693: Kasimir Johann z Bnina Opaliński
• 1693–1694: Kasimir Szczuka
• 1699–1712: Theodor Andrzej Potocki
• 1719–1721: Johann Kasimir Alten-Bokum
• 1723–1730: Felix Ignaz Kretkowski
• 1731–1733: Tomasz Franciszek Czapski SOC
• 1736–1739: Adam Stanislaus Grabowski
• 1739–1746: Andrzej Stanisław Załuski
• 1747–1758: Wojciech Stanisław Leski SOC
• 1759–1785: Andrzej Ignacy z Broniewic Baier
• 1785–1795: Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen
• 1795–1814: Franciszek Ksawery z Wrbna Rydzyński
• 1824–1832: Ignaz Vinzenz Stanislaus Matthy
• 1834–1856: Anastazy Sedlag
• 1857–1886: Johannes von der Marwitz
• 1886–1898: Leon Redner
• 1899–1926: Augustin Rosentreter
• 1926–1944: Stanisław Wojciech Okoniewski
• 1946–1972: Kazimierz Józef Kowalski
• 1973–1980: Bernard Czapliński
• 1981–1992: Marian Przykucki
• 1992- Bishop of Pelplin: Jan Bernard Szlaga

External links

• Geschichte des Bistums Kulm (German)
• http://www.pelplin.diecezja.org/?a=39 (Polish)
• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy