Roman Catholic Diocese of Elbląg

Diocese of Elbląg Dioecesis Elbingensis Diecezja Elbląska
Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Elbląg
Location
Country	Poland
Ecclesiastical province	Warmia
Statistics
Area	9,495 km2 (3,666 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2021) 453,200 441,200 (97,4%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Katedra św. Mikołaja
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jacek Jezierski
Metropolitan Archbishop	Józef Górzyński
Auxiliary Bishops	Wojciech Skibicki
Bishops emeritus	Józef Wysocki
Map
Map of the Diocese
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Elbląg (Latin: Elbingen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese located in the city of Elbląg in Poland. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Warmia.

History

The diocese was established on March 25, 1992, as the Diocese of Elbląg from the Diocese of Chelmno, Diocese of Gdańsk and Diocese of Warmia. According to the Catholic Church statistics, 28.4% of the population went to church once a week in 2013 which was the lowest rank ever since 1980.

Leadership

• Bishops of Elbląg
  • Bishop Jacek Jezierski (since 2014.06.08)
  • Bishop Jan Styrna (2003.08.02 – 2014.05.10)
  • Bishop Andrzej Śliwiński (1992.03.25 – 2003.08.02)

Bishop Jacek Jezierski

Special churches

• Former Cathedrals:
  • Konkatedra św. Jana Chrzciciela w Kwidzynie, Kwidzyn
  • Konkatedra św. Wojciecha, Prabuty

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website