Wigry, Suwałki County

Wigry [ˈviɡrɨ] is a small village in the administrative district of Gmina Suwałki, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland,[1] a short-lived former Roman Catholic bishopric and presently a Latin Catholic titular see.

Wigry
Village
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Wigry
Coordinates: 54°4′N 23°5′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySuwałki County
GminaGmina Suwałki
Population
 • Total30

Village

It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Suwałki and 106 km (66 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

The village has a population of 30.

Ecclesiastical history

The Diocese of Wigry was established on 25 March 1798, under Napoleontic rule, on Polish territories split off from the then dioceses of Žemaitija (now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas) and Vilnius (now also Metropolitan Archdiocese) and former Luck (merged).

It was suppressed on 30 June 1818, after only two incumbents, its territory being reassigned to establish the Diocese of Sejny, to which its last incumbent was appointed.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Wigry
  • Michal Franciszek Karpowicz, Vincentians (C.M.) (1799.03.28 – death 1803.11.05)
  • Jan Klemens Gołaszewski (1805.06.26 – 1818.06.30), later first Bishop of Sejny (1818.06.30 – 1820.03.08).

Titular see

It was nominally restored in October 2014 as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric.

So far it has had a single incumbent, of the lowest (episcopal) rank :

  • Marek Szkudło (2014.12.13 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland)
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See also

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
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