The Archdiocese of Lublin (Latin: Archidioecesis Lublinensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Lublin in Poland.
Archdiocese of Lublin Archidioecesis Lublinensis Archidiecezja Lubelska | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Poland |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,108 km2 (3,517 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 1,079,144 1,027,421 (95.2%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 22 September 1805 (As Diocese of Lublin) 25 March 1992 (As Archdiocese of Lublin) |
| Cathedral | Archikatedra św. Jana Chrzciciela Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Lublin |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Stanisław Budzik |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Artur Grzegorz Miziński Józef Wróbel, SCJ Adam Piotr Bab |
| Bishops emeritus | Mieczysław Cisło |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
History
edit- 1375: Established as Diocese of Chełm
- 1790: Renamed as Diocese of Chełm and Lublin
- September 22, 1805: Renamed as Diocese of Lublin
- March 25, 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin
Special churches
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Leadership
edit- Bishops of Chełm (Roman rite)
- Bishop Jakub Uchański (18 November 1551 – 1561), appointed Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze); future Archbishop
- Bishop Stanislaw Pstrokonski (1645–1657)
- Bishop Stanisław Dąmbski (1673–1676)
- Bishop Stanisław Jacek Święcicki (8 February 1677 – 1696)
- Bishop Mikołaj Michał Wyżycki (1699–1705)
- Bishop Kazimierz Łubieński (1705 – 10 May 1710)
- Bishop Teodor Wolff von Ludinghausen (10 November 1710 – 9 May 1712)
- Bishop Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek (30 July 1711 – 15 March 1719)
- Bishop Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro (1719–1724)
- Bishop Jan Feliks Szaniawski (29 January 1725 – 1733)
- Bishop Walenty Franciszek Wężyk (1753–1765)
- Bishop Feliks Paweł Turski (22 April 1765 – 4 March 1771)
- Bishop Jan Alojzy Aleksandrowicz (1780 – 12 September 1781)
- Bishops of Chełm and Lublin (Roman rite)
- Bishop Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz (1781 – 6 October 1790)
- Bishop Wojciech Skarszewski (1790 – 22 September 1805 see below)
- Bishops of Lublin (Roman rite)
- Bishop Wojciech Skarszewski (see above 22 September 1805 – 1824), appointed Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
- Bishop Valentino Baranowski (22 December 1871 – ?)
- Bishop Kazimierz Józef Wnorowski (15 March 1883 – ?)
- Bishop Francesco Jaczewski (30 December 1889 – 1918)
- Bishop Marian Leon Fulman (24 September 1918 – 18 December 1945)
- Bishop Stefan Wyszyński (4 March 1946 – 12 November 1948), appointed Archbishop of Gniezno and Warszawa {Warsaw} (Cardinal in 1953)
- Bishop Piotr Kałwa (30 May 1949 – 17 July 1974)
- Bishop Bolesław Pylak (27 June 1975 – 25 March 1992 see below)
- Archbishops of Lublin (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Bolesław Pylak (see above 25 March 1992 – 14 June 1997)
- Archbishop Józef Mirosław Życiński (14 June 1997 – 10 February 2011)
- Archbishop Stanisław Budzik (26 September 2011 – )
