Diocese of

Toruń

Poland

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Toruń / Thorunien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Gdańsk

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Najświętszej Maryi Panny Nieustającej Pomocy (June 27)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 5

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1992.03.25: Established as Diocese of Toruń / Thorunien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Chełmno and became suffragan of Gdańsk)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1999.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.04.05 – ...):	Bishop Arkadiusz Okroj (58)
Auxiliary Bishop (2000.04.20 – ...):	Bishop Józef Szamocki (70) Titular Bishop of Clypia

Ordinaries

Bishops of Toruń (Roman Rite)

Bishop Arkadiusz Okroj (58)
(2025.04.05 – ...)

Bishop of Toruń (Poland)

Euntes evangelium prædicate

Born:	1967.05.27 (Kartuzy, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1992.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.03.02

Priest of Pelplin (Poland) (1992.06.06 – 2019.02.12)

Titular Bishop of Cufruta (2019.02.12 – 2025.04.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland) (2019.02.12 – 2025.04.05)

Bishop of Toruń (Poland) (2025.04.05 – ...)

Bishop Wiesław Śmigiel (56) (later Archbishop)
(2017.11.11 – 2024.09.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Omnibus omnia factus

Born:	1969.01.03 (Świecie nad Wisłą, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1994.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.04.21

Priest of Pelplin (Poland) (1994.05.29 – 2012.03.24)

Titular Bishop of Baeza (2012.03.24 – 2017.11.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin (Poland) (2012.03.24 – 2017.11.11)

Bishop of Toruń (Poland) (2017.11.11 – 2024.09.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Bydgoszcz (Poland) (2021.05.12 – 2021.09.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Płock (Poland) (2022.06.04 – 2022.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland) (2024.09.13 – ...)

Bishop Andrzej Wojciech Suski (83)
(1992.03.25 – 2017.11.11)

Bishop emeritus of Toruń (Poland)

Born:	1941.12.24 (Płock, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.10.04

Priest of Płock (Poland) (1965.06.13 – 1986.08.12)

Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis (1986.08.12 – 1992.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland) (1986.08.12 – 1992.03.25)

Bishop of Toruń (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2017.11.11)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jan Chrapek, C.S.M.A. (1994.06.20 – 1999.06.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica, World Heritage Site (Minor): Bazylika Katedralna św. Jana Chrzciciela i Jana Ewangelisty, Toruń, Kujawsko-Pomorskie
Co-Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Bazylika Konkatedralna Trójcy Świętej, Chełmża, Kujawsko-Pomorskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika kolegiacka św. Mikołaja, Grudziądz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika św. Tomasza Apostoła, Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, Warmińsko-Mazurskie
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Gniezno (↙), Bydgoszcz (←), Pelplin (↑), Elbląg (↗), Warmia (↗), Płock (↘), Włocławek (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,427 km²

Population: 560,500 Catholics (89.6% of 625,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 196 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 454 priests (356 diocesan, 98 religious), 3 deacons, 324 religious (104 brothers, 220 sisters), 25 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.06.10

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