Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock

Diocese of Płock Dioecesis Plocensis Diecezja Płocka
Cathedral of St. Mary of Masovia
Location
Country	Poland
Ecclesiastical province	Warszawa
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Warszawa
Statistics
Area	11,000 km² (4,200 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 793,367 780,899 (98.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10th Century
Cathedral	Katedra pw. św. Zygmunta (Cathedral of St. Mary of Masovia)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Piotr Libera
Metropolitan Archbishop	Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz
Auxiliary Bishops	Roman Adam Marcinkowski Mirosław Milewski
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock (Latin: Plocen(sis)) is an diocese located in the city of Płock in the Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland.

Sunday mass attendance in 2013 was 30.7% of the population (39.1% Polish average) placing it to the group of less religious dioceses in the country.

History

1075: Established as Diocese of Płock

Special churches

Minor Basilicas:
- Bazylika pw. Zwiastowania NMP, Czerwińsk
  (Assumption)
- Bazylika pw. Zwiastowania NMP (Parafię św. Mateusza), Pułtusk
  (Annunciation)
  The Interior of the Bazylika Zwiastowania at Pułtusk

Leadership

Bishops of Płock (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Wojciech Baranowski (1591 – 1607)
- Archbishop Henryk Firlej (1617 – 1624)
- Bishop Jan Gembicki (1655.05.11 – 1674.03.13)
- Bishop Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski (1692.10.15 – 1699.05.25)
- Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski (1723.11.22 – 1736.11.19)
- Bishop Antoni Sebastian Dembowski (1737 – ?)
- Bishop Józef Eustachy Szembek (1753 – 1758)
- Archbishop Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (1773 – 1784)
- Bishop Iraklij Listovskyj (1783 – 1809.08.30)
- Bishop Krysztof Hilary Szembek (1784.10.02 – 1797.09.05)
- Bishop Ivan Krasovskyj (1809.09.22 – 1826)
- Bishop Tomasz Ostaszewski, S.J. (1815.09.04 – 1817.01.17)
- Bishop Adam Michał Prażmowski (1818 – ?)
- Archbishop Vincent Teofilo Popiel (1863.03.16 – 1875.07.05)
- Archbishop Francesco Albino Symon (1897.07.21 – 1901.04.15)
- Archbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek (1901 – 1903)
- Archbishop Apollinare Wnukowski (1904.04.01 – 1908)
- Archbishop Antonio Giuliano Nowowiejski (1908.06.12 – 1941.05.28)
- Bishop Tadeusz Paweł Zakrzewski (1946.04.12 – 1961.11.26)
- Bishop Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski (1964.01.21 – 1988.02.04)
- Archbishop Zygmunt Kamiński (1988.02.04 – 1999.05.01)
- Archbishop Stanisław Wojciech Wielgus (1999.05.24 – 2006.12.06)
- Bishop Piotr Libera (since 2007.05.02)

References

Sources

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 Wrocław	Archdiocese of Wrocław Diocese of Legnica Diocese of Świdnica

Sui iuris Jurisdictions	Military Ordinariate of Poland

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