Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lublin

The Archdiocese of Lublin (Latin: Lublinen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Lublin in Poland.

Archdiocese of Lublin

Archidioecesis Lublinensis

Archidiecezja Lubelska
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Lublin
Location
CountryPoland
Statistics
Area9,108 km2 (3,517 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
1,132,984
1,024,394 (90.4%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established22 September 1805
(As Diocese of Lublin)
25 March 1992
(As Archdiocese of Lublin)
CathedralArchikatedra św. Jana Chrzciciela
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Lublin
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopStanisław Budzik
Auxiliary BishopsArtur Grzegorz Miziński
Józef Wróbel, SCI
Adam Piotr Bab
Bishops emeritusMieczysław Cisło
Ryszard Karpiński
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

History
  • 1375: Established as Diocese of Chełm
  • 1790: Renamed as Diocese of Chełm and Lublin
  • September 22, 1805: Renamed as Diocese of Lublin
  • March 25, 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin

Special churches
Interior of Archcathedral of St. John the Baptist in Lublin
  • Minor Basilicas
    • Bazylika pw. Narodzenia NMP, Chełm
    • Bazylika pw. św. Stanisława BM (OO. Dominikanie), Lublin
    • Bazylika św. Wojciecha (Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Kębelskiej), Wąwolnica

Leadership
  • Bishops of Chełm (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Jakub Uchański (18 November 1551 – 1561), appointed Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze); future Archbishop
    • Bishop Stanislaw Pstrokonski (1645–1657)
    • Bishop Stanisław Dąmbski (1673–1676)
    • Bishop Stanisław Jacek Święcicki (8 February 1677 – 1696)
    • Bishop Mikołaj Michał Wyżycki (1699–1705)
    • Bishop Kazimierz Łubieński (1705 – 10 May 1710)
    • Bishop Teodor Wolff von Ludinghausen (10 November 1710 – 9 May 1712)
    • Bishop Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek (30 July 1711 – 15 March 1719)
    • Bishop Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro (1719–1724)
    • Bishop Jan Feliks Szaniawski (29 January 1725 – 1733)
    • Bishop Walenty Franciszek Wężyk (1753–1765)
    • Bishop Feliks Paweł Turski (22 April 1765 – 4 March 1771)
    • Bishop Jan Alojzy Aleksandrowicz (1780 – 12 September 1781)
  • Bishops of Chełm and Lublin (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz (1781 – 6 October 1790)
    • Bishop Wojciech Skarszewski (1790 – 22 September 1805 see below)
  • Bishops of Lublin (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Wojciech Skarszewski (see above 22 September 1805 – 1824), appointed Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
    • Bishop Valentino Baranowski (22 December 1871 – ?)
    • Bishop Kazimierz Józef Wnorowski (15 March 1883 – ?)
    • Bishop Francesco Jaczewski (30 December 1889 – 1918)
    • Bishop Marian Leon Fulman (24 September 1918 – 18 December 1945)
    • Bishop Stefan Wyszyński (4 March 1946 – 12 November 1948), appointed Archbishop of Gniezno and Warszawa {Warsaw} (Cardinal in 1953)
    • Bishop Piotr Kałwa (30 May 1949 – 17 July 1974)
    • Bishop Bolesław Pylak (27 June 1975 – 25 March 1992 see below)
  • Archbishops of Lublin (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop Bolesław Pylak (see above 25 March 1992 – 14 June 1997)
    • Archbishop Józef Mirosław Życiński (14 June 1997 – 10 February 2011)
    • Archbishop Stanisław Budzik (26 September 2011 – )
Archbishop Stanisław Budzik

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Sources

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