Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełmno

The Bishopric of Culm (German: Bistum Culm; Polish: Diecezja chełmińska) was a Roman Catholic diocese in Chełmno Land (Culm land), founded in medieval Prussia in 1243 and disbanded in 1992.^[1]^[2]

History

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 Culm was a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Riga and had its seat in Chełmża (Culmsee).
From 1257 to 1773 its seat was the castle in Lubawa.
Since 1466 Chełmno diocese was part of Polish Royal Prussia.
After 1525 Chełmno incorporated southern parts of the Pomesanian diocesan area (with Łasin and Nowe Miasto), which happened to be in the Chełmno Voivodeship. Whereas western Pomesanian diocesan area in the Malbork Voivodeship was administered by Chełmno, but officially maintaining its naming.
After Riga's dissolution in 1566 the bishops of Chełmno attended the councils of the Ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan of Gniezno. This practice was recognised by the Holy See by the Bull De salute animarum in 1821, when Chełmno became de jure a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gniezno. Chełmno diocese was enlarged on that occasion (Górzno, Krajna and Działdowo).
Since 1772 Culm diocese was part of the Kingdom of Prussia and became a part of Germany in 1871. In 1824 the see had moved to Pelplin.
In 1920 Chełmno became part of the Second Polish Republic.
On 1 May 1923 the Holy See disentangled the deaneries in Bütow (Bytów) and Lauenburg in Pomerania (Lębork) from Chełmno and transferred them to the new Apostolic Administration of Tütz.^[3]
As part of the reorganisation of the Catholic Church in the Third Polish Republic Chełmno was disbanded in 1992 by Pope John Paul II and replaced by the Diocese of Pelplin.

List of Bishops of Culm

BIOS TO ELABORATE

1245–1263: Heidenreich von Kulm Ordo fratrum Praedicatorum, Dominican Order (O.P.)
1264–1274: Friedrich von Hausen Ordo Teutonicus, Teutonic Order (O.T.)
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^[4]
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 [pl] 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

Notes and references

^ "Diocese of Pelplin" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ "Diocese of Pelplin" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ Cf. Barbara Wolf-Dahm (1994). "Polzin, Ludwig Sebald". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 7. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 817–821. ISBN 3-88309-048-4..
^ "Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016

External links

[CathHierPelpin-1] "Diocese of Pelplin" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016

[GCathPelpin-2] "Diocese of Pelplin" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

[Wolf-Dahm-3] Cf. Barbara Wolf-Dahm (1994). "Polzin, Ludwig Sebald". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 7. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 817–821. ISBN 3-88309-048-4..

[CathHierWawGem-4] "Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016

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