List of bishops of the Polish National Catholic Church

This is a list of bishops of the Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC), with links to the bishops who consecrated them. Despite its name, the Polish National Catholic Church is located in the US. The PNCC is not in communion with the Catholic Church. The PNCC was founded in 1897 in Pennsylvania, by Franciszek Hodur who was also the PNCC's first bishop.

The number references the sequence of consecration. "Diocese" refers to the diocese over which the bishop presided or, if he did not preside, the diocese in which he served as coadjutor bishop or auxiliary bishop. The ordinal before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of the Central Diocese is written "4th Central". Where a diocese is in bold type, it indicates that the bishop is the current bishop of that diocese. The consecrator listed first represents the principal consecrator.

Chart of episcopal succession

(*) Prime Bishop
(‡) Current Diocesan bishop
(&) Current Coadjutor bishop
Current Auxiliary bishop

No.	Name of bishop	Consecrators	Date of consecration	Installation as bishop	End of tenure	Diocese
1	Franciszek Hodur*	Gerardus Gul	September 29, 1907	1904	1953	1st Prime Bishop^[1]
1	Franciszek Hodur*	Gerardus Gul	September 29, 1907	1907	1949	1st Central^[1]
2	Leon Grochowski*	Francis Hodur	August 17, 1924	1953	1968	2nd Prime Bishop^[2]^[3]^[4]
				November 1954	July 17, 1969	3rd Central^[1]
				1926	1955	1st Western^[5]
3	Francis Bonczak	Francis Hodur	August 17, 1924	August 17, 1924	1928	1st Polish^[6]
4	Valentine Gawrychowski	Francis Hodur	August 17, 1924^[7]	1925	February 1, 1934^[7]	1st Eastern^[8]
5	John Gritenas	Francis Hodur	August 17, 1924	August 17, 1924	December 28, 1928	1st Bishop of the Lithuanian National Catholic Church^[9]
6	John Zenon Jasinski	Francis Hodur Valentine Gawrychowski Leon Grochowski	June 7, 1928	June 7, 1928	April 28, 1951	1st Buffalo-Pittsburgh^[10]
7	Władysław Faron	Francis Hodur Leon Grochowski John Zenon Jasinski	January 30, 1930	1929^[11]	September 2, 1931^[12]	2nd Polish
8	John Misiaszek	Franciszek Hodur Leon Grochowski John Zenon Jasinski	August 26, 1936	1949	November 1954	2nd Central^[1]^[13]
9	Józef Padewski	Francis Hodur	August 26, 1936	August 26, 1936	May 10, 1951	3rd Polish^[14]
10	Joseph Lesniak	Franciszek Hodur Leon Grochowski John Zenon Jasinski John Misiaszek	November 16, 1937	November 16, 1937	September 1953	2nd Eastern^[15]
10	Joseph Lesniak		November 16, 1937	June 3, 1951	September 1953	2nd Buffalo-Pittsburgh^[10]
11	Joseph Soltysiak	Leon Grochowski Francis Bonczak Joseph Lesniak John Misiaszek G. Ashton Oldham (Episcopal Diocese of Albany)	April 23, 1952	1951	July 9, 1973	3rd Eastern^[16]
12	Thaddeus F. Zielinski*	Leon Grochowski Joseph Lesniak Joseph Soltysiak John Misiaszek	September 2, 1954^[17]	September 2, 1954	1969	3rd Buffalo-Pittsburgh
12	Thaddeus F. Zielinski*		September 2, 1954^[17]	1969	1978	3rd Prime Bishop^[18]^[19]
13	Joseph Kardas	Leon Grochowski	September 2, 1954	1955	July 8, 1958	2nd Western^[5]
14	Francis Carl Rowinski*	Leon Grochowski	May 9, 1959	1959	1978	3rd Western^[5]
				October 3, 1978	1990	5th Buffalo-Pittsburgh^[5]
				October 3, 1978	1985	4th Prime Bishop^[5]
15	Eugene Magyar	Leon Grochowski	June 29, 1963	June 29, 1963	October 19, 1968	1st Bishop of the Slovak National Catholic Church^[20]
16	Joseph Nieminski	Leon Grochowski Thaddeus F. Zielinski Joseph Soltysiak	June 26, 1968	June 26, 1968	September 20, 1992	1st Canadian^[21]
17	Walter Slowakiewicz	Leon Grochowski	June 26, 1968	1972	October 19, 1978	4th Eastern^[22]
18	Anthony Rysz	Leon Grochowski Thaddeus F. Zielinski Francis Carl Rowinski	June 26, 1968	June 26, 1968	July 1969	Coadjutor Central^[1]^[23]
18	Anthony Rysz	Leon Grochowski Thaddeus F. Zielinski Francis Carl Rowinski	June 26, 1968	October 18, 1970	1999	4th Central^[24]^[25]
19	Daniel Cyganowski	Thaddeus Zielinski	November 30, 1971	November 30, 1971	1977	4th Buffalo-Pittsburgh^[26]
20	Thomas Gnat	Francis Carl Rowinski Anthony Rysz Joseph Nieminski	November 30, 1978	1978	2011	5th Eastern^[27]
21	Joseph Zawistowski	Francis Carl Rowinski	November 30, 1978	1978	April 19, 1994	4th Western^[5]
22	John Swantek*	Francis Carl Rowinski Thaddeus F. Zielinski Anthony Rysz Joseph Nieminski	November 30, 1978	1985	2002	5th Prime Bishop^[28]
23	Thaddeus Peplowski	Leon Grochowski Thaddeus F. Zielinski Joseph Soltysiak	November 30, 1990	1990	2012	6th Buffalo-Pittsburgh^[10]^[29]
24	Robert M. Nemkovich*	John Swantek Thomas Gnat	October 18, 1993	1994	2003	5th Western^[5]
				October 8, 2002	2010	6th Prime Bishop^[5]
				December 9, 2005	November 30, 2006	6th Central^[1]
25	Joseph Tomczyk	John Swantek Thomas Gnat	October 18, 1993	October 18, 1993	October 4, 1995	2nd Canadian^[30]
26	Casimir Grotnik	John Swantek Thomas Gnat Robert Nemkovich Antonius Jan Glazemaker Hans Gerny Wiktor Wysoczański	November 30, 1999	November 30, 1999	December 2005	5th Central^[1]
27	Jan Dawidziuk	John Swantek Thomas Gnat Robert M. Nemkovich	November 30, 1999	2003	June 5, 2009	6th Western^[5]
28	Sylvester Bigaj	Robert M. Nemkovich Thomas Gnat Thaddeus Peplowski Jan Dawidziuk John Swantek Anthony Rysz	November 30, 2006	May 26, 2007	January 7, 2013	3rd Canadian^[31]
29	Anthony Kopka	Robert M. Nemkovich Thomas Gnat Thaddeus Peplowski Jan Dawidziuk John Swantek Anthony Rysz	November 30, 2006	July 1, 2009	2011	7th Western^[5]
30	John E. Mack‡	Robert Nemkovich Thomas Gnat Thaddeus Peplowski Jan Dawidziuk John Swantek Anthony Rysz	November 30, 2006	February 1, 2011	August 14, 2012	8th Central^[1]
30	John E. Mack‡		November 30, 2006	August 15, 2012	present	7th Buffalo-Pittsburgh^[32]
31	Anthony Mikovsky*	Robert M. Nemkovich Thomas Gnat Thaddeus Peplowski Jan Dawidziuk John Swantek Anthony Rysz	November 30, 2006	November 30, 2006	January 31, 2011	7th Central^[1]
31	Anthony Mikovsky*		November 30, 2006	2010	present	7th Prime Bishop^[33]^[34]
32	Paul Sobiechowski‡	Anthony Mikovsky Sylvester Bigaj Thomas Gnat Anthony Kopka John E. Mack Thaddeus Peplowski	October 18, 2011	December 2011	present	6th Eastern^[35]
33	Stanley Bilinski	Anthony Mikovsky	September 14, 2012	2012	November 2, 2018	8th Western^[5]
34	Bernard Nowicki‡	Anthony Mikovsky	September 14, 2012	September 14, 2012	present	9th Central^[1]^[36]
35	Jarosław Rafałko	Anthony Mikovsky John E. Mack Paul Sobiechowski Bernard Nowicki John Swantek	September 14, 2020	October 3, 2020	July 13, 2023	9th Western^[5]

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