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
  • Bazylika pw. Narodzenia NMP, Chełm
  • Bazylika pw. św. Stanisława BM (OO. Dominikanie), Lublin
  • Bazylika św. Wojciecha (Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Kębelskiej), Wąwolnica

Leadership

• Bishops of Chełm (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Jakub Uchański (18 November 1551 – 1561), appointed Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze); future Archbishop
  • Bishop Stanislaw Pstrokonski (1645–1657)
  • Bishop Stanisław Dąmbski (1673–1676)
  • Bishop Stanisław Jacek Święcicki (8 February 1677 – 1696)
  • Bishop Mikołaj Michał Wyżycki (1699–1705)
  • Bishop Kazimierz Łubieński (1705 – 10 May 1710)
  • Bishop Teodor Wolff von Ludinghausen (10 November 1710 – 9 May 1712)
  • Bishop Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek (30 July 1711 – 15 March 1719)
  • Bishop Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro (1719–1724)
  • Bishop Jan Feliks Szaniawski (29 January 1725 – 1733)
  • Bishop Walenty Franciszek Wężyk (1753–1765)
  • Bishop Feliks Paweł Turski (22 April 1765 – 4 March 1771)
  • Bishop Jan Alojzy Aleksandrowicz (1780 – 12 September 1781)
• 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 Valentino Baranowski (22 December 1871 – ?)
  • Bishop Kazimierz Józef Wnorowski (15 March 1883 – ?)
  • 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 – )

Suffragan dioceses

• Sandomierz
• Siedlce

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland
• John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

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