| Church of Poland (Polish-Catholic Church) | |
| Type: | Independent Catholicism |
| Main Classification: | Polish Old Catholicism |
| Theology: | Ultrajectine |
| Polity: | Episcopal |
| Leader: | Andrzej Gontarek |
| Associations: | International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference Union of Utrecht World Council of Churches |
| Area: | Poland |
| Headquarters: | Warsaw |
| Separated From: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Congregations: | 78 |
| Members: | 19,035 (2008[1]) |
| Ministers: | 81 |
The Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland, also known as the Church of Poland or Polish-Catholic Church (Polish: Kościół Polski, Kościół Polskokatolicki w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is a Polish Old Catholic church in Poland.
This denomination is part of the Union of Utrecht.[2] It is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Polish Ecumenical Council.[3] It is not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, and as of 2022, has 18,140 members.[4]
The Polish-Catholic Church is in full communion with its American counterpart, the Polish National Catholic Church.[5]
The Polish-Catholic Church was founded in 1921 after the Polish-American Polish National Catholic Church sent missionaries to Poland during the Interwar period.
Bishop Wiktor Wysoczański was chosen as the church's superior in 1995 until his death in 2023.[6] Following his death, four new bishops were consecrated for Poland.[7]
The Polish-Catholic Church in the United Kingdom[8] was created in April 2018 due to a dispute between the Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland and a group of its faithful in Glasgow. The group has two parishes and about 1,000 members. Currently, the head of the church is Oliwier Windsor.[9]