Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek

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Diocese of Włocławek Dioecesis Vladislaviensis
Location
Country	Poland
Metropolitan	Gniezno
Statistics
Area	10,143 km² (3,916 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 859,725 839,694 (97.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Katedra Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny (Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Current leadership
Bishop	Wieslaw Alojzy Mering
Auxiliary Bishop	Stanislaw Gebicki

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek {Latin: Vladislavien(sis), until the 20th century known as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kujawy} is an diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church located in the city of Włocławek in the Ecclesiastical province of Gniezno in Poland.

The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gniezno. Erected around 1125, the diocese is currently headed by the Bishop Wiesław Mering, appointed in 2003.

Contents

1 History
2 Special churches
3 Leadership
4 Ordinaries
5 See also
6 Source

History

ca. 1125/26: Established as Diocese of Włocławek

Special churches

Basilica of Our Lady

Katedra Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny
(Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Sanktuary of the Mother of God victorious in Brdów

Minor Basilica:
- Basilica of Our Lady, Licheń Stary

Leadership

Bishops of Włocławek (Roman rite)
- Bishop Lucjan Mering
  - Suffragan Bishop Stanisław Gębicki

Ordinaries

See List of bishops of Kujawy (Włocławek)

Source

v t e Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland

Province of Białystok	Archdiocese of Białystok Diocese of Drohiczyn Diocese of Łomża

Province of Częstochowa	Archdiocese of Częstochowa Diocese of Radom Diocese of Sosnowiec

Province of Gdańsk	Archdiocese of Gdańsk Diocese of Pelplin Diocese of Toruń

Province of Gniezno	Archdiocese of Gniezno Diocese of Bydgoszcz Diocese of Włocławek

Province of Katowice	Archdiocese of Katowice Diocese of Gliwice Diocese of Opole

Province of Kraków	Archdiocese of Kraków Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec Diocese of Kielce Diocese of Tarnów

Province of Łódź	Archdiocese of Łódź Diocese of Łowicz

Province of Lublin	Archdiocese of Lublin Diocese of Sandomierz Diocese of Siedlce

Province of Poznań	Archdiocese of Poznań Diocese of Kalisz

Province of Przemyśl	Archdiocese of Przemyśl Diocese of Rzeszów Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów

Province of Szczecin-Kamień	Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów

Province of Warmia	Archdiocese of Warmia Diocese of Elbląg Diocese of Ełk

Province of Warszawa	Archdiocese of Warszawa Diocese of Płock Diocese of Warszawa-Praga

Province of Przemyśl	Archdiocese of Wrocław Diocese of Legnica Diocese of Świdnica

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