Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

in Poland

Poland
DateAscendingChange
968Diocese of Poznań was established
996Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze was established
999Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno was established (from Diocese of Poznań and with suffragan sees Kołobrzeg, Kraków and Wrocław)
999Diocese of Kołobrzeg was established (became suffragan of Gniezno)
999Diocese of Kraków was established (became suffragan of Gniezno)
999Diocese of Wrocław was established (from Diocese of Meißen and Diocese of Praha and became suffragan of Gniezno)
1015Diocese of Kołobrzeg was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze)
1075Diocese of Płock was established
1140Diocese of Wollin was established (became suffragan of Gniezno)
1148Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze was renamed as Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze
1175Diocese of Wollin was renamed as Diocese of Kamień
1243.07.23Diocese of Warmia was established
1243.07.29Diocese of Chełmno was established (became suffragan of Gniezno)
1243.07.29Diocese of Pomezania was established
1257.02.01Diocese of Łuków was established (from Diocese of Kraków)
1257.08Diocese of Łuków was suppressed (to Diocese of Kraków)
1340.04Diocese of Przemyśl was established
1358Diocese of Chełm was restored (became suffragan of Gniezno)
1364Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno
1424.10.17Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Chełm
1426.06.21Diocese of Chełm lost territory to Diocese of Kraków
1524Diocese of Pomezania was suppressed (to Diocese of Chełmno)
1545Diocese of Kamień was suppressed
1556Titular Episcopal See of Kamień was restored
1596Diocese of Chełm–Bełz (Ukrainian Rite) was established
1601.04.19Diocese of Pomezania was restored (from Diocese of Chełmno)
1609Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian Rite) was established (became suffragan of Kyiv–Halyč)
1621Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Poznań
1633Diocese of Płock lost territory to Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze
1763Diocese of Pomezania was suppressed (to Diocese of Chełmno)
1763.07.11Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Przemyśl
1772Diocese of Chełm lost territory to Diocese of Przemyśl
1786.03.13Diocese of Tarnów was established (from Diocese of Kraków and became suffragan of Lviv)
1788Diocese of Wrocław lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc
1790.08.08Diocese of Chełm was renamed as Diocese of Chełm–Lublin (gained territory from Diocese of Kraków)
1790.08.08Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Chełm–Lublin
1794.01.12Diocese of Poznań lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno
1798.03.06Diocese of Supraśl (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč and former Diocese of Volodymyr–Brėst)
1798.08.08Diocese of Chełm–Lublin lost territory to Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz
1798.10.16Diocese of Warszawa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and became suffragan of Gniezno)
1799.03.16Diocese of Wigry was established (from Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz, Diocese of Vilnius and Diocese of Žemaitija)
1800.09.09Diocese of Płock lost territory to Diocese of Warszawa
1805.06.13Diocese of Kielce was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Diocese of Chełm–Lublin and Diocese of Kraków and became suffragan of Gniezno)
1805.06.13Diocese of Warszawa lost territory to Diocese of Chełm–Lublin
1805.09.22Diocese of Chełm–Lublin was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Lublin)
1805.09.22Diocese of Lublin was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Chełm–Lublin and became suffragan of Gniezno)
1805.09.24Diocese of Tarnów was suppressed (to Diocese of Kraków and Diocese of Przemyśl)
1809.02.14Diocese of Supraśl (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Chełm–Bełz and Diocese of Volodymyr–Brėst)
1818.06.30Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa
1818.06.30Diocese of Kielce was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Sandomierz)
1818.06.30Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze was renamed as Diocese of Kujawy–Kaliska (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Diocese of Płock, Diocese of Poznań and Diocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Warszawa)
1818.06.30Diocese of Podlachia was established (from Diocese of Kraków, Diocese of Lublin, Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz, Diocese of Płock and Diocese of Poznań and became suffragan of Warszawa)
1818.06.30Diocese of Płock lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa
1818.06.30Diocese of Sandomierz was established (from Diocese of Kraków, from the suppressed Diocese of Kielce and became suffragan of Warszawa)
1818.06.30Diocese of Sejny was established (from Diocese of Płock and from the suppressed Diocese of Wigry)
1818.06.30Diocese of Warszawa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa (with suffragan sees Kraków, Kujawy–Kaliska, Lublin, Płock, Podlachia and Sandomierz and gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Płock)
1818.06.30Diocese of Wigry was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Sejny)
1821.07.16Diocese of Chełmno lost territory to Diocese of Warmia
1821.07.16Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno lost territory to Diocese of Chełmno
1821.07.16Diocese of Kraków lost territory to Diocese of Wrocław
1821.07.16Diocese of Poznań was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poznań (gained territory from Diocese of Wrocław)
1821.07.16Diocese of Wrocław lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poznań
1821.07.20Diocese of Sejny was renamed as Diocese of Augustów
1821.09.20Diocese of Tyniec was restored (from Diocese of Kraków and became suffragan of Lviv)
1826.04.23Diocese of Tyniec was renamed as Diocese of Tarnów
1875.03.18Diocese of Chełm–Bełz (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed
1880.01.20Diocese of Tarnów lost territory to Diocese of Kraków
1882.12.28Diocese of Kielce was restored (from Diocese of Sandomierz and became suffragan of Warszawa)
1886.03.27Diocese of Tarnów lost territory to Diocese of Kraków
1919.02.05Military Vicariate of Poland was established
1920.12.10Diocese of Łódź was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa and became suffragan of Warszawa)
1921Diocese of Augustów lost territory to Diocese of Žemaitija
1922.04.21Apostolic Administration of Gdańsk was established (from Diocese of Chełmno and Diocese of Warmia)
1922.11.07Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was established (from Diocese of Wrocław)
1923.05.01Apostolic Administration of Tütz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Chełmno)
1925.10.28Diocese of Augustów was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Łomża)
1925.10.28Diocese of Częstochowa was established (from Diocese of Kielce, Diocese of Łódź and Diocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Kraków)
1925.10.28Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was promoted as Diocese of Katowice (became suffragan of Kraków)
1925.10.28Diocese of Kraków was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków (with suffragan sees Częstochowa, Katowice, Kielce and Tarnów and gained territory from Diocese of Tarnów)
1925.10.28Diocese of Przemyśl exchanged territory with Diocese of Tarnów
1925.10.28Diocese of Płock lost territory to Diocese of Łomża
1925.10.28Diocese of Podlachia was renamed as Diocese of Siedlce
1925.10.28Diocese of Tarnów lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków
1925.10.28Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa lost territory to Diocese of Łomża
1925.10.28Diocese of Kujawy–Kaliska was renamed as Diocese of Włocławek (became suffragan of Gniezno)
1925.10.28Diocese of Łomża was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Augustów, gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa and Diocese of Płock and became suffragan of Vilnius)
1925.12.30Apostolic Administration of Gdańsk was promoted as Diocese of Gdańsk (without ecclesiastical province)
1930.08.13Diocese of Chełmno lost territory to Diocese of Warmia
1930.08.13Apostolic Administration of Tütz was promoted as Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl (became suffragan of Wrocław)
1930.08.13Diocese of Wrocław was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław (with suffragan sees Berlin, Warmia and Schneidemühl and lost territory to establish Diocese of Berlin)
1934.02.10Apostolic Administration of Łemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Diocese of Przemyśl)
1938.11.04Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław lost territory to Diocese of Katowice
1940.01.01Diocese of Katowice lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław
1941.02Apostolic Administration of Łemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna
1945Diocese of Przemyśl lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv
1945.08.15Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław)
1945.09.01Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Piła
1947Military Vicariate of Poland was suppressed
1972.06.28Diocese of Gorzów was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and Diocese of Berlin, from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Piła and became suffragan of Wrocław)
1972.06.28Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg was restored (from Diocese of Berlin, from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Piła and became suffragan of Gniezno)
1972.06.28Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia was promoted as Diocese of Opole (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Wrocław)
1972.06.28Territorial Prelature of Piła was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Gorzów and Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg)
1972.06.28Diocese of Szczecin–Kamień was restored (from Diocese of Berlin and became suffragan of Gniezno)
1972.06.28Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław lost territory to Diocese of Opole
1978.05.31Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc
1981.09.18Ordinariate of Poland (for Greek and Armenian Catholics) (Eastern Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa)
1981.10.03Diocese of Sandomierz was renamed as Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom
1991Apostolic Administration of Lubaczów was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv)
1991Military Ordinariate of Ordynariat Polowy Wojska Polskiego was restored
1991.01.16Ordinariate of Poland (for Greek and Armenian Catholics) (Eastern Rite) was renamed as Ordinariate of Ordynariat dla wiernych obrządku wschodniego
1991.01.16Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Przemyśl)
1991.06.05Diocese of Białystok was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius and became suffragan of Vilnius)
1991.06.05Diocese of Drohiczyn was established (from Diocese of Pinsk and became suffragan of Vilnius)
1992.03.25Diocese of Białystok was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Białystok (with suffragan sees Drohiczyn and Łomża)
1992.03.25Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków and Diocese of Katowice and became suffragan of Kraków)
1992.03.25Diocese of Częstochowa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Częstochowa (with suffragan sees Radom and Sosnowiec and lost territory to establish Diocese of Gliwice, Diocese of Kalisz and Diocese of Sosnowiec)
1992.03.25Diocese of Elbląg was established (from Diocese of Chełmno, Diocese of Gdańsk and Diocese of Warmia and became suffragan of Warmia)
1992.03.25Diocese of Ełk was established (from Diocese of Łomża and Diocese of Warmia and became suffragan of Warmia)
1992.03.25Diocese of Gdańsk was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk (with suffragan sees Pelplin and Toruń, gained territory from Diocese of Chełmno and lost territory to establish Diocese of Elbląg)
1992.03.25Diocese of Gliwice was established (from Diocese of Częstochowa, Diocese of Katowice and Diocese of Opole and became suffragan of Katowice)
1992.03.25Diocese of Kalisz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poznań, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław, Diocese of Częstochowa, Diocese of Opole and Diocese of Włocławek and became suffragan of Poznań)
1992.03.25Diocese of Katowice was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Katowice (with suffragan sees Gliwice and Opole and lost territory to establish Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec and Diocese of Gliwice)
1992.03.25Diocese of Legnica was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and became suffragan of Wrocław)
1992.03.25Diocese of Lublin was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin (with suffragan sees Sandomierz and Siedlce, lost territory to Diocese of Zamość–Lubaczów and exchanged territory with Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom)
1992.03.25Diocese of Chełmno was renamed as Diocese of Pelplin (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg, lost territory to establish Diocese of Elbląg and Diocese of Toruń and became suffragan of Gdańsk)
1992.03.25Diocese of Przemyśl was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl (with suffragan sees Rzeszów and Zamość–Lubaczów, lost territory to Diocese of Sandomierz and lost territory to establish Diocese of Rzeszów)
1992.03.25Diocese of Płock lost territory to Diocese of Łomża
1992.03.25Diocese of Radom was established (from Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom and became suffragan of Częstochowa)
1992.03.25Diocese of Rzeszów was established (from Diocese of Przemyśl and Diocese of Tarnów and became suffragan of Przemyśl)
1992.03.25Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom was renamed as Diocese of Sandomierz (gained territory from Diocese of Przemyśl, lost territory to establish Diocese of Radom, exchanged territory with Diocese of Lublin and became suffragan of Lublin)
1992.03.25Diocese of Sosnowiec was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków, Diocese of Częstochowa and Diocese of Kielce and became suffragan of Częstochowa)
1992.03.25Diocese of Szczecin–Kamień was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin–Kamień (with suffragan sees Koszalin–Kołobrzeg and Zielona Góra–Gorzów)
1992.03.25Diocese of Toruń was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Chełmno and became suffragan of Gdańsk)
1992.03.25Diocese of Warmia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warmia (with suffragan sees Elbląg and Ełk, lost territory to Apostolic Administration of European Russia and lost territory to establish Diocese of Elbląg and Diocese of Ełk)
1992.03.25Diocese of Warszawa-Praga was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa and Diocese of Płock and became suffragan of Warszawa)
1992.03.25Apostolic Administration of Lubaczów was promoted as Diocese of Zamość–Lubaczów (gained territory from Diocese of Lublin and became suffragan of Przemyśl)
1992.03.25Diocese of Gorzów was renamed as Diocese of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (became suffragan of Szczecin–Kamień)
1992.03.25Diocese of Łowicz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa, Diocese of Łódź and Diocese of Płock and became suffragan of Warszawa)
1992.03.25Diocese of Łódź was promoted as Archdiocese of Łódź (lost territory to establish Diocese of Łowicz and without ecclesiastical province)
1996.05.24Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa
1996.06.01Diocese of Wrocław–Gdańsk (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa and became suffragan of Przemyśl–Warszawa)
2004.02.24Diocese of Bydgoszcz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg and Diocese of Pelplin and became suffragan of Gniezno)
2004.02.24Archdiocese of Łódź was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Łódź (with suffragan see Łowicz)
2004.02.24Diocese of Świdnica was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and Diocese of Legnica and became suffragan of Wrocław)
2009.01Titular Episcopal See of Chełm was restored
2009.01Titular Episcopal See of Sejny was restored
2014.10Titular Episcopal See of Pomezania was restored
2014.10Titular Episcopal See of Wigry was restored
2020.11.25Diocese of Olsztyn–Gdańsk (Ukrainian Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa and Diocese of Wrocław–Gdańsk and became suffragan of Przemyśl–Warszawa)
2020.11.25Diocese of Wrocław–Gdańsk (Ukrainian Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Wrocław–Koszalin (lost territory to establish Diocese of Olsztyn–Gdańsk)

Last updated on 2022.11.02

© 2022 GCatholic.org

Up