Diocese of Elbląg, Poland 🇵🇱

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Elbląg / Elbingen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Warmia

Neighbouring Dioceses: Pelplin (↙), Gdańsk (↖), Warmia (→), Toruń (↓)

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

1992.03.25: Established as Diocese of Elbląg / Elbingen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chełmno, Diocese of Gdańsk and Diocese of Warmia and became suffragan of Warmia)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1999.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.09.13 – ...):

Bishop Wojciech Skibicki (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Elbląg (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wojciech Skibicki (55)
(2025.09.13 – ...)

Bishop of Elbląg (Poland)

Ewangelia źródłem radości

Born:	1970.05.23 (Skrwilno, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.04.06

Priest of Elbląg (Poland) (1995.06.10 – 2019.02.14)

Titular Bishop of Casæ nigræ (2019.02.14 – 2025.09.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Elbląg (Poland) (2019.02.14 – 2025.09.13)

Bishop of Elbląg (Poland) (2025.09.13 – ...)

Bishop Jacek Jezierski (76)
(2014.05.10 – 2025.09.13)

Bishop emeritus 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 – 2025.09.13)

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)

Priest of Tarnów (Poland) (1965.06.27 – 1991.06.22)

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 (Werblinia, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.06.15
Died:	2009.09.09 (Elbląg, Poland † 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

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wojciech Skibicki (55) (2019.02.14 – 2025.09.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Józef Wysocki (85) (1992.03.25 – 2015.10.31)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedra św. Mikołaja, Elbląg, Warmińsko-Mazurskie
Co-Cathedral: Konkatedra św. Jana Ewangelisty, Kwidzyn, Pomorskie
Co-Cathedral: Konkatedra św. Wojciecha, Prabuty, Pomorskie
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

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