Diocese of

Elbląg 𝐖

Poland Poland

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Elbląg / Elbingen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Warmia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Adalbert (April 23), Saint Maximilian Kolbe (August 14), Blessed Dorothea of Montau (June 25)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 17

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.05.10 – ...):Bishop Jacek Jezierski (75)Bishop Jacek Jezierski (75)
Auxiliary Bishop (2019.02.14 – ...):Bishop Wojciech Skibicki (54)Bishop Wojciech Skibicki (54)

Titular Bishop of Casæ nigræ

Ordinaries

Bishops of Elbląg (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacek Jezierski (75)Bishop Jacek Jezierski (75)
(2014.05.10 – ...)

Bishop of Elbląg (Poland)

Veritas Christi liberat

Born:1949.12.23 (Olsztyn, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1974.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:1994.03.05

Priest of Warmia (Poland) (1974.06.16 – 1994.02.19)

Titular Bishop of Liberalia (1994.02.19 – 2014.05.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland) (1994.02.19 – 2014.05.10)

Bishop of Elbląg (Poland) (2014.05.10 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Gdańsk (Poland) (2020.08.13 – 2021.03.02)

Bishop Jan Styrna
(2003.08.02 – 2014.05.10)

In nomine Domini

Born:1941.01.25 (Szczepanów, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1965.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1991.07.28
Died:2022.09.28 (Elbląg, Poland † 81)

Titular Bishop of Acquapendente (1991.06.22 – 2003.08.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1991.06.22 – 2003.08.02)

Bishop of Elbląg (Poland) (2003.08.02 – 2014.05.10)

Bishop Andrzej Józef Śliwiński
(1992.03.25 – 2003.08.02)

Illum oportet crescere

Born:1939.01.06 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:1961.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1986.06.15
Died:2009.09.09 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Arindela (1986.05.09 – 1992.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland) (1986.05.09 – 1992.03.25)

Bishop of Elbląg (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2003.08.02)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Pelplin (↙), Gdańsk (↖), Warmia (→), Toruń (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,495 km²

Population: 439,000 Catholics (89.7% of 489,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 158 parishes, 31 missions

Personnel: 317 priests (242 diocesan, 75 religious), 11 deacons, 169 religious (79 brothers, 90 sisters), 23 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.12.23

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