Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock

Diocese of Płock Dioecesis Plocensis Diecezja Płocka
Cathedral of St. Mary of Masovia
Location
Country	Poland
Ecclesiastical province	Warszawa
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Warszawa
Statistics
Area	11,000 km2 (4,200 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 793,367 780,899 (98.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10th Century
Cathedral	Katedra pw. św. Zygmunta (Cathedral of St. Mary of Masovia)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Piotr Libera
Metropolitan Archbishop	Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz
Auxiliary Bishops	Roman Adam Marcinkowski Mirosław Milewski
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock (Template:Lang-la) is an diocese located in the city of Płock in the Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland.

Sunday mass attendance in 2013 was 30.7% of the population (39.1% Polish average) placing it to the group of less religious dioceses in the country.

History

• 1075: Established as Diocese of Płock

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika pw. Zwiastowania NMP, Czerwińsk
    (Assumption)
  • Bazylika pw. Zwiastowania NMP (Parafię św. Mateusza), Pułtusk
    (Annunciation)

    

    The Interior of the Bazylika Zwiastowania at Pułtusk

Leadership

• Bishops of Płock (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Wojciech Baranowski (1591 – 1607)
  • Archbishop Henryk Firlej (1617 – 1624)
  • Bishop Jan Gembicki (1655.05.11 – 1674.03.13)
  • Bishop Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski (1692.10.15 – 1699.05.25)
  • Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski (1723.11.22 – 1736.11.19)
  • Bishop Antoni Sebastian Dembowski (1737 – ?)
  • Bishop Józef Eustachy Szembek (1753 – 1758)
  • Archbishop Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (1773 – 1784)
  • Bishop Iraklij Listovskyj (1783 – 1809.08.30)
  • Bishop Krysztof Hilary Szembek (1784.10.02 – 1797.09.05)
  • Bishop Ivan Krasovskyj (1809.09.22 – 1826)
  • Bishop Tomasz Ostaszewski, S.J. (1815.09.04 – 1817.01.17)
  • Bishop Adam Michał Prażmowski (1818 – ?)
  • Archbishop Vincent Teofilo Popiel (1863.03.16 – 1875.07.05)
  • Archbishop Francesco Albino Symon (1897.07.21 – 1901.04.15)
  • Archbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek (1901 – 1903)
  • Archbishop Apollinare Wnukowski (1904.04.01 – 1908)
  • Archbishop Antonio Giuliano Nowowiejski (1908.06.12 – 1941.05.28)
  • Bishop Tadeusz Paweł Zakrzewski (1946.04.12 – 1961.11.26)
  • Bishop Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski (1964.01.21 – 1988.02.04)
  • Archbishop Zygmunt Kamiński (1988.02.04 – 1999.05.01)
  • Archbishop Stanisław Wojciech Wielgus (1999.05.24 – 2006.12.06)
  • Bishop Piotr Libera (since 2007.05.02)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website