Archdiocese of Lublin

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The Archdiocese of Lublin (Latin: Archidioecesis Lublinensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Lublin in Poland.

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

  • Minor Basilicas

Leadership

  • Bishops of Chełm (Roman rite)
  • 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 Walenty Baranowski (22 December 1871 – 1879); Bishop Kazimierz Józef Wnorowski (15 March 1883 – 1885); 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 – )

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