Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełmno explained
The Diocese of Chełmno (Polish: Diecezja chełmińska; German: Bistum Kulm/Culm) was a Catholic diocese in Chełmno Land, founded in 1243 and disbanded in 1992.[1] [2]
History
- In 1824, episcopal seat moved to Pelplin.
- In 1871, the diocesan area became part of Germany.
- Restoration of independent Poland after World War I; reintegration of Chełmno with Poland in 1920.
- Pope Pius XI decided to separate 18 parishes in the territory the Free City of Danzig west of the Vistula from the diocese and to establish an Apostolic Administrator of the Free City of Danzig on 24 April 1922, which was directly subordinated to the Pope.[4]
- On 1 May 1923 the Holy See disentangled from the Diocese of Chełmno the deaneries in Bütow (Bytów), Lauenburg in Pomerania (Lębork) as well as those included in the Posen-West Prussia Border March, and transferred them to the new Apostolic Administration of Tütz, later transformed into the Prelature of Schneidemühl (Piła).[5]
- In 1925 a concordat between Poland and the Holy See was signed and the Apostolic Administrator was now supposed to be subordinated to the Nuncio of Warsaw, which caused protests among the local populace. Thus, the Pope established the sui iuris Diocese of Danzig on 30 December 1925 and appointed Edward O'Rourke as the first Bishop on 2 January 1926.[4] The deanery of Pomesania in that eastern part of West Prussia which remained with Germany after the 1920 East and West Prussian plebiscites was transferred to the Diocese of Warmia in 1925.
- As part of the reorganisation of the Catholic Church in the People’s Republic of Poland in 1972, also accounting for changes of political border in 1945, the diocese of Gdansk was enlarged on the expenses of Chelmno diocese, whereas the latter gained parishes previously part of the Berlin diocese and the Prelature of Schneidemühl (Piła)
- As part of the reorganisation of the Catholic Church in the Third Polish Republic, the extant Diocese of Chełmno was split in 1992 by Pope John Paul II into the Diocese of Pelplin and the Diocese of Toruń
List of Bishops of Kulm/Chełmno
- 1245–1263: Heidenreich Ordo fratrum Praedicatorum, Dominican Order (O.P.)
- 1264–1274: Friedrich von Hausen Ordo Teutonicus, Teutonic Order (O.T.)
- 1275–1291: Werner OT
- 1291/92–1301: Heinrich Schenk OT
- 1303–1311: Herman OT
- 1311–1316/19: Eberhard OT
- 1319–1323: Mikołaj Afri OP
- 1323–1349: Otto OT
- 1349–1359: Jacob OT
- 1359–1363: Johann Schadland OP
- 1363–1381/85: Wikbold Dobilstein OT
- 1385–1390: Reinhard von Sayn
- 1390: Martin von Lynow OT
- 1390–1398: Nikolaus Schippenbeil OT
- 1398–1402: Jan Kropidło
- 1402–1416: Arnold Stapil OT
- 1416–1457: Johann Marienau
- 1457–1479: Wincenty Kiełbasa
- 1480–1495: Stefan of Nibork
- 1496–1507: Mikołaj Chrapicki
- 1508–1530: Jan Konopacki
- 1824–1832: Ignacy Stanisław Matthy
- 1834–1856: Anastazy Sedlag
- 1857–1886: Johannes von der Marwitz
- 1886–1898: Leon Redner
- 1899–1926: Augustin Rosentreter
- 1926–1944: Stanisław Wojciech Okoniewski
- 1946–1972: Kazimierz Józef Kowalski
- 1973–1980: Bernard Czapliński
- 1981–1992: Marian Przykucki
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpelp.html "Diocese of Pelplin"
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pelp0.htm "Diocese of Pelplin"
- Book: Górski, Karol. Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych. 1949. Instytut Zachodni. Poznań. pl,la. 88, 99, 206, 217.
- Book: Das Bistum Danzig in Lebensbildern . 2003 . 2009-04-02 . Stefan Samerski. 9783825862848 . de.
- Cf. .
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgemw.html "Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki"