Diocese of

Ełk

Poland

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 11,000 km²

Population: 432,250 Catholics (95.8% of 451,200 total) (2018)

Statistics: 152 parishes, 333 priests (292 diocesan, 41 religious), 5 deacons, 171 lay religious (42 brothers, 129 sisters), 30 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Warmia

Neighbouring Dioceses: Warmia (←), Mother of God at Moscow (↑), Vilkaviškis (↗), Grodno (→), Białystok (↘), Łomża (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Najświętszej Maryi Panny Matki Kościoła (May 31)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 19

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History

1992.03.25: Established as Diocese of Ełk / Liccanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Warmia and Diocese of Łomża)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1999.06)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedra św. Wojciecha Biskupa i Męczennika, Ełk, Warmińsko-Mazurskie
Co-Cathedral: Konkatedra NMP Matki Kościoła, Gołdap, Warmińsko-Mazurskie
Co-Cathedral: Konkatedra św. Aleksandra, Suwałki, Podlaskie
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Bazylika Nawiedzenia Matki Bożej, Sejny, Podlaskie
Former Cathedral: Kościół Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP, Wigry, Podlaskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego, Augustów, Podlaskie
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Warmia (←), Mother of God at Moscow (↑), Vilkaviškis (↗), Grodno (→), Białystok (↘), Łomża (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2003.04.17 – ...):	Bishop Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. (67)
Auxiliary Bishop (2019.12.12 – ...):	Bishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. (52) Titular Bishop of Naissus

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ełk (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. (67)
(2003.04.17 – ...)

Bishop of Ełk (Poland)

Veni Sancte Spiritus

Born:	1953.08.05 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1979.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.05.31

Apostolic Administrator of Novosibirsk (Russia) (1998.03.23 – 1999.05.18)

Titular Bishop of Tabunia (1998.03.23 – 2002.02.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Eastern Siberia (Russia) (1999.05.18 – 2002.02.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (Russia) (2000 – 2003.04.17)

Bishop of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (Russia) (2002.02.11 – 2003.04.17)

Bishop of Ełk (Poland) (2003.04.17 – ...)

Bishop Edward Eugeniusz Samsel
(2000.11.16 – 2003.01.17)

Born:	1940.01.02 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1964.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.05.30
Died:	2003.01.17 († 63)

Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (Poland) (1982.05.17 – 1992.03.25)

Titular Bishop of Montecorvino (1982.05.17 – 2000.11.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2000.11.16)

Bishop of Ełk (Poland) (2000.11.16 – 2003.01.17)

Bishop Wojciech Ziemba (79) (later Archbishop)
(1992.03.25 – 2000.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Warmia (Poland)

Dives Deus in misericordia

Born:	1941.10.15 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1967.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.07.04

Titular Bishop of Falerone (1982.06.19 – 1992.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland) (1982.06.19 – 1992.03.25)

Bishop of Ełk (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2000.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Białystok (Poland) (2000.11.16 – 2006.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warmia (Poland) (2006.05.30 – 2016.10.15)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Romuald Kamiński (65) (2005.06.08 – 2017.09.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Eugeniusz Samsel (1992.03.25 – 2000.11.16)

as of 2020.12.31

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