List of bishops of Poznań explained

Name Years on bishops throne Notes
Jordan968 – ca.983Missionary bishop of Poland with seat in Poznań, probably subordinate directly to the pope[1] or subordinate to the archbishop of Mainz.[2] Date of death uncertain (between 982 and 984)[3]
Ungerca.983/992–1012At first missionary bishop of Poland, from 1000 ordinary bishop of Poznań independent of the archdiocese of Gniezno; after 1004 subordinate to a metropolitan archbishop of Magdeburg.[4] [5] [6] Date of ingres unclear, consecrated certainly in 982 or 983, but arrived to Poland perhaps only in 992
Romanus[7] (?) – 1030Unsure if he was bishop of Poznań. Date of ingres unknown (perhaps 1012)
Ederam[8] 1030s.Exact dates unknown. Destruction of the diocese ca. 1038 due to pagan uprising and invasion of Bretislaus I, Duke of Bohemia.[9] Bishop Ederam died before 1049[10]
Franko[11] ca.1085First known bishop of Poznań, subordinate to a metropolitan archbishop of Gniezno, after the diocese was reestablished in 1076. Dates of ingres and death unknown (perhaps 1076 and ca. 1100)
Eckhard[12] ca. 1100–1103?Date of ingres uncertain (between 1097 and 1102). Date of the end of the episcopate unsure (he may have been deposed in 1103)[13]
Heinrich von Siegburg[14] ca. 1105Dates of ingres and death unknown (perhaps 1103 and ca. 1109)
Paweł[15] ca. 1112/1113Dates of ingres and death unknown (the first probably before 1110)
Bogufał I? -1146date of ingres is unknown
Pean1146–1152
Stefan1152–1159
Bernard1159–1164
Radwan1164–1172
Cherubin1172–1180date of end of service is unsure
Arnold I1180–1186date of ingres is unsure
Świętosławca.1186?Name and date unsure[16]
Gerwardca.1187?Name and date unsure
Benedykt1193Dates of ingres and death unknown (first perhaps 1187, the second 1193/95)[17]
Mrokota? – 1196Date of ingres unknown (between 1193 and 1196)
Arnold II1201–1211Date of ingres unknown (perhaps 1196)[18]
Filip1211
Paweł1211–1242
Bogufał II1242–1253
Piotr1253–1254
Bogufał III of Czerniejewo1254–1264
Falanta1265–1267
Mikołaj I1267–1278
Jan I of Wysokowce, Łodzia coat of arms1278–1285
Jan II Gerbicz, Nałęcz coat of arms1285–1297
Andrzej Zaremba1297–1317date of end of service is unsure
Domarat Grzymała1318–1324date of ingres in unsure
Jan III, Doliwa coat of arms1324–1335
Jan IV of Kępa, Łodzia coat of arms1335–1346
Andrzej of Wiślica1347–1348later bishop of Zwierzyniec
Wojciech Pałuka1348–1355
Jan V of Lutogniewo, Doliwa coat of arms1356–1374
Mikołaj II of Górka (of Kórnik) Łodzia coat of arms1375–1382
Jan Kropidło1382–1384Duke of Opole, later bishop of Włocławek, Kamień, Chełmno, nominated archbishop of Gniezno and again bishop of Włocławek
Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór Nałęcz coat of arms1384–1395later archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland
Mikołaj Kurowski, Szreniawa coat of arms1395–1399later bishop of Włocławek, archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland
Wojciech Jastrzębiec1399–1412
Piotr Wysz Radoliński, Leszczyc coat of arms1413–1414
Andrzej Łaskarz Gosławski, Godziemba coat of arms1414–1426
Mirosław Brudzewski, Nałęcz coat of arms1426–1427
Stanisław Ciołek of Żelichowo and Ostrołęka1428–1437
Andrzej Bniński, Łodzia coat of arms1438–1479
Uriel Górka, Łodzia coat of arms1479–1498
Jan Lubrański, Godziemba coat of arms1498–1520fundator of Lubrański Academy
Piotr Tomicki, Łodzia coat of arms1520–1525later bishop of Cracow
Jan Latalski1525–1536later bishop of Cracow, archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland
John of the Lithuanian Dukes1536–1538Illegitimate son of Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland
Stanisław Oleśnicki of Pinczów1538–1539
Sebastian Branicki1539–1544
Paweł Dunin Wolski1544–1546
Benedykt Izdbieński1546–1553
Andrzej Czarnkowski1553–1562
Adam Konarski1562–1574
vacant
Łukasz Kościelecki 1577–1597
Jan Tarnowski1598–1600later bishop of Włocławek, archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland
Wawrzyniec Goślicki, Grzymała coat of arms1601–1607
Andrzej Opaliński1607–1623
Jan Wężyk1624–1627later archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland
Maciej Łubieński1627–1631later bishop of Włocławek, archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland
Adam Nowodworski1631–1634
Henryk Firlej1635
Andrzej Szołdrski1636–1650
Florian Kazimierz Czartoryski1650–1655later bishop of Włocławek, archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland
Wojciech Tolibowski1655–1663
Stefan Wierzbowski1664–1687
Stanisław Witwicki1688–1698
Mikołaj Święcicki1699–1707
vacant
Mikołaj Bartłomiej Tarło1710–1715
Krzysztof Antoni Szembek1716–1720later bishop of Włocławek, archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland
Piotr Tarło1721–1722
Jan Joachim Tarło1722–1732
Stanisław Józef Hozjusz1733–1738
Teodor Kaziemirz Czartoryski1739–1768
Andrzej Stanisław Młodziejowski1768–1780
Antoni Onufry Okęcki1780–1793
1794–1807later archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland
vacant
Tymoteusz Gorzeński1809–1821later archbishop of Gniezno, Primate of Poland.
In 1821 raised to status of metropolis and personal union with Gniezno archbishopric, primates of Poland.
Tymoteusz Gorzeński1821–1825
vacant
Teofil Wolicki1828–1829
vacant
Marcin Dunin1831–1842
vacant
Leon Przyłuski1845–1865
Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski1866–1886cardinal
Juliusz Dinder1886–1890
Florian Oksza Stablewski1891–1906
vacant
Edward Likowski1914–1915
Edmund Dalbor1915–1926cardinal
August Hlond1926–1946cardinal, after 1946 Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw, primate of Poland
In 1946 dissolution of personal union between archbishoprics of Poznań and Gniezno
Walenty Dymek1946–1956
Antoni Baraniak1957–1977
Jerzy Stroba1978–1996
Juliusz Paetz1996–2002
Stanisław Gądeckisince 2002

Auxiliary Bishops

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Paul Fridolin Kehr, Das Erzbistum Magdeburg und die erste Organisation der Christlichen Kirche in Polen, (in:) Abhandlungen der Königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1920, passim; Jerzy Strzelczyk: Mieszko I, Poznań 1992, p.142-143; Stanisław Trawkowski: Początki Kościoła w Polsce za panowania Mieszka I, (in:) Civitas Schinesghe. Mieszko I i początki państwa polskiego. Poznań – Gniezno 2004, p. 49-70
  2. Stanisław Szczur, Historia Polski. Średniowiecze, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 2002,
  3. Kehr, p. 25
  4. cf. Paul Fridolin Kehr, Das Erzbistum Magdeburg und die erste Organisation der Christlichen Kirche in Polen, (in:) Abhandlungen der Königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1920, p. 45-47; and Jerzy Strzelczyk: Mieszko I, Poznań 1992, p.142-143
  5. http://christianization.hist.cam.ac.uk/regions/poland/poland-eccl-org.html Poland – Ecclesiastical organization
  6. http://www.bistum-magdeburg.de/front_content.php?idcat=1485 Bistum Magdeburg: Gebiet mit großer Geschichte
  7. Kętrzyński, Studia..., p. 311; Kehr, p. 53.
  8. Wasilewski, p. 751; cf. Kętrzyński, Studia..., p. 311; and Abraham, p. 84
  9. Karwowski, Najstarsi..., p. 332
  10. Wasilewski, p. 751
  11. Abraham, p.83; Wasilewski, p. 751
  12. Wasilewski, s. 752; cf. Walter Gesler (ed.): Der Bericht des Monachus Hamerslebiensis uber die "Kaiserliche Kapelle" S. Simon und Juda in Goslar und die Beforderung ihrer Mitglieder, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat, 1914, p. 84.
  13. Papal legate Gualon deposed two out of only four Polish bishops in 1103. One of them was Czasław of Kraków, the identity of the second one is uncertain, it may have been bishop of Poznań or of Płock.
  14. Wasilewski, s. 752
  15. Abraham, p. 83-84; Wasilewski, p. 748
  16. Cf. Maciejewski, p. 253
  17. He appears in one undated document (issued certainly after 1187, probably in 1192) and in the bull of Celestine III dated 9 April 1193. He died on 10 December of uncertain year
  18. He first appears in the bull of Innocent III dated 2 August 1201
  19. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bszez.html "Bishop Stanisław Dzedziński"