Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław, Poland

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2013.05.18 – ...):	Archbishop Józef Piotr Kupny (68) Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Poland
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.02.13 – ...):	Bishop Jacek Kiciński, C.M.F. (55) Titular Bishop of Margum
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.03.10 – ...):	Bishop Maciej Małyga (45) Titular Bishop of Ulcinj

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Wrocław (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Józef Piotr Kupny (68)
(2013.05.18 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Poland

Chrystus nas umiłował

Born:	1956.02.23 (Dabrówka Wielka, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1983.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.04

Priest of Katowice (Poland) (1983.03.31 – 2005.12.21)

Titular Bishop of Vanariona (2005.12.21 – 2013.05.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland) (2005.12.21 – 2013.05.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) (2013.05.18 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (2024.03.14 – ...)

Archbishop Marian Gołębiewski
(2004.04.03 – 2013.05.18)

Ad imaginem Tuam

Born:	1937.09.22 (Trzebuchów, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1962.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.08.31
Died:	2024.03.11 (Poland † 86)

Priest of Włocławek (Poland) (1962.06.24 – 1996.07.20)

Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland) (1996.07.20 – 2004.04.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) (2004.04.03 – 2013.05.18)

Cardinal Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz
(1976.01.03 – 2004.04.03)

Patientia et caritas

Born:	1923.10.17 (Szukiski, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1950.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.02.08
Created Cardinal:	1985.05.25
Died:	2020.11.16 (Wrocław, Poland † 97)

Priest of Białystok (Poland) (1950.06.18 – 1970.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Acci (1970.01.12 – 1976.01.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1970.01.12 – 1976.01.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1976.01.03 – 2004.04.03)

Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985.05.25 – 2020.11.16)

Banned from public ministry 2020.11.06.

Cardinal Bolesław Kominek
(1972.06.28 – 1974.03.10)

Virtus verbum crucis Dei

Born:	1903.12.23 (Radlin, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1927.09.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.10.10 (clandestinely)
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	1974.03.10 (Wrocław, Poland † 70)

Priest of Katowice (Poland) (1927.09.11 – 1951.04.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Upper Silesia (Poland) (1945 – 1951.04.26)

Titular Bishop of Sophene (1951.04.26 – 1953 not possessed)

Titular Bishop of Vaga (1956.12.01 – 1962.03.19)

Titular Archbishop of Euchaitæ (1962.03.19 – 1972.06.28)

Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1971 – 1974)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1972.06.28 – 1974.03.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia (1973.03.05 – 1974.03.10)

Cardinal Adolf Bertram
(1930.08.13 – 1945.07.06)

Veritati et caritati

Born:	1859.03.14 (Hildesheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1881.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.08.15
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1916.12.04
Revealed as Cardinal:	1919.12.05
Died:	1945.07.06 (Jauernig, Czechia † 86)

Priest of Hildesheim (Germany) (1881.07.31 – 1906.06.12)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1906.04.26] 1906.06.12 – 1914.05.27)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1914.05.27 – 1930.08.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1919.12.18 – 1945.07.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1930.08.13 – 1945.07.06)

Bishops of Wrocław (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Adolf Bertram
(1914.05.27 – 1930.08.13)

(see above)

Cardinal Georg von Kopp
(1887.08.09 – 1914.03.04)

Born:	1837.07.25 (Duderstadt, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1862.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.12.27
Created Cardinal:	1893.01.16
Died:	1914.03.04 (Troppau, Czechia † 76)

Bishop of Fulda (Germany) (1881.11.15 – 1887.08.09)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1887.08.09 – 1914.03.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1893.01.19 – 1914.03.04)

Bishop Robert Herzog
(1882.03.24 – 1886.12.26)

Born:	1823.02.17
Ordained Priest:	1848.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1882.05.20
Died:	1886.12.26 († 63)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1882.03.24 – 1886.12.26)

Bishop Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster
(1853.09.12 – 1881.10.20)

Born:	1799.11.24 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1825.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.10.15
Died:	1881.10.20 († 81)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) ([1853.04.19] 1853.09.12 – 1881.10.20)

Cardinal Melchior Ferdinand Joseph von Diepenbrock
(1845.04.21 – 1853.01.20)

Born:	1789.01.06 (Bocholt, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1823.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1845.06.08
Created Cardinal:	1850.09.30
Died:	1853.01.20 (Breslau, Germany † 64)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) ([1845.01.15] 1845.04.21 – 1853.01.20)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1850.09.30 – 1853.01.20)

Bishop Joseph Knauer
(1843.01.15 – 1844.05.16)

Born:	1764.12.01
Ordained Priest:	1789.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1843.04.23
Died:	1844.05.16 († 79)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) ([1841.08.27] 1843.01.15 – 1844.05.16)

Bishop Leopold Graf Sedlnitzky Choltiz von Odrownocz
(1836.07.11 – 1840.10.10)

Born:	1787.07.29
Ordained Priest:	1811.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1836.09.18
Died:	1871.03.25 († 83)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) ([1835.10.27] 1836.07.11 – 1840.10.10)

Bishop Emanuel von Schimonski-Schimoni
(1824.05.03 – 1832.12.27)

Born:	1752.07.23
Ordained Priest:	1775.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1798.02.11
Died:	1832.12.27 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Leros (1797.12.18 – 1824.05.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1797.12.18 – 1824.05.03)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) ([1823.10.16] 1824.05.03 – 1832.12.27)

Bishop Joseph Christian Franz de Paula Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein
(Apostolic Administrator 1795.01.05 – 1817.01.21)

Bishop Johann Moritz von Strachwitz
(Apostolic Administrator 1766.04.04 – 1781.01.28)

Bishop Philipp Gotthard Graf von Schaffgotsch
(1748.03.05 – 1795.01.05)

Born:	1716.07.03
Ordained Priest:	1738.10.04
Died:	1795.01.05 († 78)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1748.03.05 – 1795.01.05)

Cardinal Philip Ludwig von Sinzendorf
(1732.09.03 – 1747.09.28)

Born:	1699.07.14 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1726
Created Cardinal:	1727.11.26
Died:	1747.09.28 († 48)

Bishop of Győr (Hungary) (1726.09.11 – 1732.09.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1730.08.14 – 1747.09.28)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1732.09.03 – 1747.09.28)

Archbishop Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg
(1683.08.26 – 1732.04.18)

Born:	1664.07.24 (Germany)
Consecrated Bishop:	1729
Died:	1732.04.18 († 67)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) ([1683.06.30] 1683.08.26 – 1732.04.18)

Prince-Provost of Ellwangen (Germany) (1694 – 1732.04.18)

Bishop of Worms (Germany) (1694.06.08 – 1732.04.18)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Mainz (Germany) ([1710.11.05] 1712.10.05 – 1716.12.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trier (Germany) ([1716.02.20] 1716.12.23 – 1729.01.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mainz (Germany) (1729.01.30 – 1729.03.03)

Cardinal Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt, O.E.S.S.H.
(1672.03.21 – 1682.02.19)

Born:	1616.02.28 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1652.02.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1673.02.05
Died:	1682.02.19 († 65)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1655.05.31 – 1661.03.30)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio (1661.03.30 – 1667.11.14)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio (1667.11.14 – 1668.03.12)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1668.03.12 – 1670.05.14)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata alla Suburra (1670.05.14 – 1682.02.19)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) ([1671.09.03] 1672.03.21 – 1682.02.19)

Bishop Sebastian Ignaz von Rostock
(1665.01.12 – 1671.06.09)

Born:	1607.08.24
Ordained Priest:	1633.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1665.04.12
Died:	1671.06.09 († 63)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) ([1664.04.24] 1665.01.12 – 1671.06.09)

Fr. Karl Joseph Erzherzog von Österreich
(1663.04.23 – 1664.01.27)

Born:	1649.08.07 (Austria)
Died:	1664.01.27 († 14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Passau (Germany) ([1662.04.13] 1662.09.01 – 1662.11.20)

Bishop of Passau (Germany) (1662.11.20 – 1664.01.27)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1663.04.23 – 1664.01.27)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1663.04.23 – 1664.01.27)

Fr. Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich
(1656.01.21 – 1662.11.02)

Born:	1614.01.06 (Germany)
Died:	1662.11.02 († 48)

Bishop of Passau (Germany) ([1625.11.08] 1626.02.01 – 1662.11.02)

Bishop of Strasbourg (France) (1626.10.10 – 1662.11.02)

Bishop of Halberstadt (Germany) (1627.12.24 – 1648)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1637.11.16] 1638.09.28 – 1662.11.02)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1656.01.21 – 1662.11.02)

Bishop Karl Ferdinand Prinz von Vasa
(1625.10.22 – 1655.05.09)

Born:	1613.10.13 (Poland)
Died:	1655.05.09 († 41)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) ([1625.05.03] 1625.10.22 – 1655.05.09)

Bishop Karl Habsburg
(1608 – 1624.12.28)

Died:

1624.12.28

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1608 – 1624.12.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Brixen (Italy) (1613 – 1624.12.28)

Bishop Jan von Sitsch
(1600.07.18 – 1608.04.25)

Died:

1608.04.25

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1600.07.18 – 1608.04.25)

Bishop Paul Albert
(1599.05.05 – 1600.05.06)

Died:

1600.05.06

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1599.05.05 – 1600.05.06)

Bishop Bonaventura Hahn
(1596.12.05 – 1599.02.19)

Died:

1599.02.19

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1596.12.05 – 1599.02.19)

Bishop Andreas Jerin
(1585.07.01 – 1596.11.05)

Died:

1596.11.05

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1585.07.01 – 1596.11.05)

Bishop Marcin Gerstmann
(1574.07.01 – 1585.06.23)

Died:

1585.06.23

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1574.07.01 – 1585.06.23)

Bishop Kaspar von Logau
(1562.02.16 – 1574.06.04)

Died:

1574.06.04

Bishop of Wiener Neustadt (1560.03.13 – 1562.02.16)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1562.02.16 – 1574.06.04)

Bishop Jakub Uchański (later Archbishop)
(1561.06.02 – 1562)

Born:	1502
Consecrated Bishop:	1552.03.20
Died:	1581 († 79)

Bishop of Chełm (1551.11.18 – 1561.06.02)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1561.06.02 – 1562)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1562 – 1581)

Bishop Baltazar von Promnitz
(1539 – 1562.01.20)

Died:

1562.01.20

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1539 – 1562.01.20)

Bishop Jakub von Salza
(1520.09.01 – 1539.08.25)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1520.09.01 – 1539.08.25)

Bishop Jan Thurzo
(1506.01.21 – 1520.08.02)

Died:

1520.08.02

Coadjutor Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (? – 1506.01.21)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1506.01.21 – 1520.08.02)

Bishop Jan Roth
(1482 – 1506.01.21)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1482 – 1506.01.21)

Bishop Rudolf von Rüdesheim
(1468 – 1482.01.17)

Died:

1482.01.17

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1468 – 1482.01.17)

Bishop Jodok z Rożemberka
(1456 – 1467.12.12)

Died:

1467.12.12

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1456 – 1467.12.12)

Bishop Piotr Nowak
(1447 – 1456.02.06)

Died:

1456.02.06

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1447 – 1456.02.06)

Bishop Konrad z Oleśnicy
(1417.12.17 – 1447.08.09)

Died:

1447.08.09

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1417.12.17 – 1447.08.09)

Bishop Wacław z Legnicy (Wenzel von Liegnitz)
(1382.07.28 – 1417)

Bishop of Lebus (Germany) (1375 – 1382.07.28)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1382.07.28 – 1417)

Bishop Przecław z Pogorzeli
(1342.01.28 – 1376.04.06)

Died:

1376.04.06

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1342.01.28 – 1376.04.06)

Bishop Nanker
(1326 – 1341.04.08)

Died:

1341.04.08

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1326 – 1341.04.08)

Bishop Henryk z Wierzbna
(1302 – ?)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1302 – ?)

Bishop Jan Romka
(1292 – 1301.11.19)

Died:

1301.11.19

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1292 – 1301.11.19)

Bishop Tomasz Zaremba
(1270 – 1292)

Died:

1292

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1270 – 1292)

Bishop Władysław Henrykowicz
(Apostolic Administrator 1268 – 1270.04.27)

Bishop Tomasz
(1232 – 1268.05.30)

Died:

1268.05.30

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1232 – 1268.05.30)

Bishop Wawrzyniec
(1207 – 1232.06.07)

Died:

1232.06.07

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1207 – 1232.06.07)

Bishop Cyprian, O. Praem.
(1201.03.01 – 1207.10.25)

Died:

1207.10.25

Bishop of Lebus (Germany) (1198 – 1201.03.01)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1201.03.01 – 1207.10.25)

Bishop Jarosław z Opola
(1198 – 1201.03.22)

Died:

1201.03.22

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1198 – 1201.03.22)

Bishop Żyrosław
(1170 – 1198)

Died:

1198

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1170 – 1198)

Bishop Walter z Malonne
(1149 – 1169)

Died:

1169

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1149 – 1169)

Bishop Janik (later Archbishop)
(1146 – 1149)

Died:

1167

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1146 – 1149)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1149 – 1167)

Bishop Konrad
(1142 – 1146)

Died:

1146

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1142 – 1146)

Bishop Robert
(1140 – 1142)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1140 – 1142)

Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1142 – 1143)

Bishop Robert
(1126 – 1140)

Died:

1140

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1126 – 1140)

Bishop Heymo
(1120 – 1126)

Died:

1126

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1120 – 1126)

Bishop Żyrosław
(1112 – 1120)

Died:

1120

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1112 – 1120)

Bishop Piotr
(1074 – 1111)

Died:

1111

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1074 – 1111)

Bishop Jan
(1063 – 1072)

Died:

1072

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1063 – 1072)

Bishop Hieronim
(1046 – 1062)

Died:

1062

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1046 – 1062)

Bishop Jan
(1000 – ?)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1000 – ?)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Christian Franz de Paula Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein (1789.08.03 – 1795.01.05)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jan Thurzo (? – 1506.01.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Andrzej Siemieniewski (67) (2006.01.05 – 2021.06.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Janiak (1996.10.26 – 2012.07.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jan Karol Tyrawa (75) (1988.09.24 – 2004.02.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Józef Pazdur (1984.12.18 – 2000.11.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adam Dyczkowski (1978.09.19 – 1992)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tadeusz Rybak (1977.04.28 – 1992.03.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Józef Marek (1973.11.01 – 1978.03.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Bernhard Huhn (1971.11.13 – 1972.06.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wincenty Urban (1967 – 1983.12.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Andrzej Wronka (1967 – 1974.08.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paweł Latusek (1967 – 1973.02.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż (1967 – 1972.06.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jerzy Stroba (later Archbishop) (1967 – 1972.06.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gerhard Schaffran (1962.11.24 – 1970.09.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franciszek Jop (1959 – 1972.06.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wilhelm Pluta (1958.07.04 – 1972.06.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Teodoro Bensch (1951.04.26 – 1958.01.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Ferche (1940.08.16 – 1947.03.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Deitmer (1923.02.19 – 1929.01.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Valentin Wojciech (1920.03.08 – 1940.05.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Karl Augustin (1910.03.10 – 1919.09.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Heinrich Marx (1900.03.11 – 1911.08.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franz Sniegon (1883.08.09 – 1891.07.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hermann Gleich (1875.08.10 – 1900.04.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adrian Wlodarski (1861.03.18 – 1875.05.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Bernhard Bogedain (1857.12.21 – 1860.09.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel Latussek (1838.02.12 – 1857.08.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Karl von Schuberth (1831.09.30 – 1835.08.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carolus von Aulock (1826.03.13 – 1830.05.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Emanuel von Schimonski-Schimoni (1797.12.18 – 1824.05.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anton Ferdinand von Rothkirch und Panthen (1781.06.25 – 1805.04.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Moritz von Strachwitz (1761.04.06 – 1766.04.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franz Dominikus Reichsgraf von Almesloe (1743.01.28 – 1760.03.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Elias Daniel von Sommerfeld (1714.01.26 – 1742.05.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anton Ignaz Müntzer (1708.10.03 – 1714.01.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franz Engelbert Barbo von Waxenstein (1703.03.26 – 1706.12.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Brunetti (1693.10.05 – 1703.03.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Karl Franz Neander von Petersheide (1662.06.26 – 1693.02.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Balthasar Liesch von Hornau (1625.11.27 – 1661.09.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Karl Weinberger, O.F.M. (1620.01.27 – 1625)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franciszek Ursinus (1614.07.21 – 1615.11.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Heinrich von Fulstein (1505.08.08 – 1538.06.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jan Pelletz, O.F.M. (1456.03.01 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Erler, O.F.M. (1447.08.09 – 1469)