Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Poland - first draft

See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.

968

Poznan / Posen - (established in territory previously in part covered by Magdeburg) Poland

1000

Gniezno / Gnesen (Metr., detached from Poznan) - Poland

1000

Kolobrzeg / Kolberg (detached from Poznan) - Poland

1000

Kraków / Krakau (detached from Poznan) - Poland

1000

Wroclaw / Breslau (detached from Meissen, and from Praha) - Poland

1015~

Kolobrzeg / Kolberg (extinct due to pagan uprising) - Poland

1015~

Kruszwica (detached from Kolobrzeg) - Poland

1075~ (or 1087~?)

Plock - Poland

1087

Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok [Ukr.] (Eparchy united with Rome 1596) - Poland / Ukraine

1123

Wloclawek - Poland

1124~

Lubusz / Lebus - Poland (since 1391 in Germany)

1125-1127

Kamien - Poland

1128~

Kruszwica (extinct) - Poland

1140

Pomerania (residence Wolin 1140-1174, Kamien 1174-)

1243

Chelmno / Kulm - Poland

1243

Pomezania / Pomesania [see in Marienwerder] - Poland

1243

Sambia / Samland [see: Königsberg] - Poland

1243

Warmia / Ermland [see: Frombork / Frauenburg] - Poland

1321

Kijów / Kyjiv (Lat.] - (Poland) Ucraina

1321

Zhytomyr - (Poland) Ucraina

1358

Wlodzimierz / Vladimir - (Poland) Ucraina

1370~

Seret - Poland (Romania)

1375

Chelm - Poland

1375

Halicz (Metr.) [Lat.] - (Poland) Ucraina

1375

Przemysl [Lat.] - Poland

1378-1386

Kamieniec - (Poland) Ucraina

1388

Wilno / Vilnius - (Poland) Lithuania

1404~

Luck / Lutsk (later also known as Luck and Brest) - (Poland) Ucraina

1412

Lwow [Lat.] (Metr., new name, transfer of See from Halicz) - (Poland) Ucraina

1425

Luck and Wlodzimierz / Vladimir (united) - (Poland) Ucraina

1515

Seret (extinct) - Poland (Romania)

1525

Pomezania / Pomesania (vacant/extinct due to the Reformation) - Poland/Germany

1525

Sambia / Samland (vacant/extinct due to the Reformation) - Poland/Germany

1534

Kamien (vacant/extinct due to the Reformation) - Poland/Germany

1556

Lebus (vacant/extinct due to the Reformation) - Germany (was Polish until 1391)

1591

Bacau (revived, new name, previously Seret) - Poland (Romania)

1601

Pomezania (Polish part revived, but under administration of Chelmno / Kulm) - Poland/Germany

1617

Sambia / Samland (revived but under administration of Warmia / Ermland) - Poland/Germany

1636

Smolensk (established from Riga?) - (Russia, Poland/Lithuania) Russia

1763

Pomezania / Pomesania (extinct upon request of Prussian authority) - Poland/Germany

1772

White Russia / Mohilev (erected by the tsarina, later approved by the Holy See, detached from .... ??) - (Russia) Belarus

1773

Sambia / Samland (extinct upon request of Prussian authority) - Poland/Germany

1783

Smolensk (suppressed, incorporated in Mohylew / Mohilev) - (Russia, Poland) Russia

1783

Mohylew / Mohilev (Metr.) - (Russia, Poland) Belarus

1786

Tarnów - Poland

1790

Chelm and Lublin (new name, Chelm reorganized, the Lublin area detached from Kraków and added to Chelm) - Poland

1797

Brest and Podlachia / Brest and Podlasie / Podlasie (detached from Luck and Brest; Luck and the the eastern part of the diocese became part of Russia and 1793 and "suppressed" by the Tsar; the eastern section of the diocese of Luck and Brest was divided between the reorganized diocese of Luck & Zytomir in the south, and Vilna in the north) - (Poland) Ukrain

1798

Kijów / Kyjiv (Lat.] (suppressed, territory incorporated in Zytomierz / Zhytomyr) - (Poland) Ucraina

1792

Luck (reestablished) - (Poland) Ukraina

1798

Brest and Podlasie (incorporated in "new" diocese Podlasie / Janow) - (Poland) Ucraina

1798

Luck and Zhytomyr (united, reorganized) - (Poland) Ucraina

1798

Minsk - (Russia, Poland) Belarus

1798

Warszawa - Poland

1799

Wigry (detached from Wilno / Vilnius) - Poland

1805

Kielce (detached from Kraków) - Poland

1805

Lublin (new name, previously Chelm and Lublin) - Poland

1805

Tarnów (suppressed, incorporated in Kielce) - Poland

1818

Wigry (suppressed, incorporated in Sejny / Augustów) - Poland

1818

Bacau (extinct) - Romania (in Poland before)

1818

Kielce (suppressed) - Poland

1818

Podlasie / Janow (reorganized as new diocese, follow-through/formalization of change of 1797, composed of all of 1797 Brest and Podlasie and including parishes detached from the pre-1793 dioceses of Poznan, Plock, Krakow, Luck, and Chelm) - Poland

1818

Sandomierz - Poland

1818

Sejny / Augustów (detached from Wigry) - Poland

1818

Warszawa (Metr.) - Poland

1821

Pomezania / Pomesania (suppressed) - Poland/Germany

1821

Gniezno (united with Poznan) - Poland

1821

Poznan (Metr.) - Poland

1821

Sambia / Samland (suppressed, territory incorporated in Warmia / Ermland) - Poland / East Prussia

1821

Tyniec (detached from Kielce) - Poland

?? 1823

Sejny or Augustów (new name, previously Augustów) - Poland

1826

Tarnów (new name, previously Tyniec) - Poland

1867

Kamienec (suppressed by tsar, territory incorporated in Luck) - (Poland) Ucraina

1867

Minsk (suppressed by tsar, de facto incorporated in Mohilev) - (Russia / Poland) Belarus

1867

Podlasie (repressed by tsar, territory incorporated in Lublin) - Poland

1882

Kielce (reestablished) - Poland

1917

Minsk (reestablished) - Poland

1918

Podlasie / Janów (reestablished) - Poland

1918

Kamienec (reestablished, detached from Luck) - (Poland) Ucraina

1919

Poland (Mil.Ord.) - Poland

1920

Lódz - Poland

1923

Chelmno - Poland

1925

Czestochowa - Poland

1925

Gdansk (from Chelmno, and from Warmia) - Poland

1925

Katowice - Poland

1925

Kraków (Metr.) - Poland

1925

Lomza (detached from Sejny / Augustow) - Poland

1925

Luck (reestablished, detached from Luck and Zhytomyr) - (Poland) Ucraina

1925

Pinsk - (Poland) Belarus

1925

Sejny / Augustów (incorporated in Lomza) - Poland

1925

Siedlce (new name, previously Podlasie / Janów) - Poland

1925

Wilno / Vilnius (Metr.) - (Poland) Lithuania

1925

Zytomierz / Zhytomyr (detached from Luck) - (Poland) Ucraina

1930

Wroclaw / Breslau (Metr.) - Germany / Poland

1934

Lemkowszczyzna [Ukr.] (AA, detached from Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok) - Poland

1947

Poland (Mil.Ord., suppressed) - Poland

1972

Gorzów (from Berlin) - Poland

1972

Koszalin-Kolobrzeg (from Berlin) - Poland

1972

Opole (from Wroclaw) - Poland

1972

Szcecin-Kamien (from Berlin) - Poland

1981

Poland (Ord., for Greek Catholics and for Armenian Catholics, established out of Warszawa [Lat.]) - Poland

1981

Sandomierz-Radom (new name, previously Sandomierz) - Poland

1991

Poland (Mil.Ord., reestablished) - Poland

1991

Bialystok (detached from Vilnius) - Poland

1991

Drohiczyn (detached from Pinsk) - Poland

1991

Lubaczów (AA, detached from Lwow) - Poland

1991

Poland (Ord., previously Ordinariate for Greek Catholics and for Armenian Catholics) - Poland

1991

Przemyśl [Ukr.] (new name, previously Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok [Ukr.]) - Poland

1991

Lemkowszczyzna [Ukr.] (suppressed, territory joined to Przemyśl) - Poland

1992

Bialystok (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Wilno / Vilnius) - Poland

1992

Bielsko-Zywiec (detached from Kraków, and from Katowice) - Poland

1992

Czestochowa (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Kraków) - Poland

1992

Elblag (detached from Warmia, from Gdansk, and from Chelmno) - Poland

1992

Elk (detached from Warmia, and from Lomza) - Poland

1992

Gdansk (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Gniezno) - Poland

1992

Gliwice (detached from Katowice, from Czestochowa, and from Opole) - Poland

1992

Kalisz (detached from Gniezno, from Wroclaw, from Poznan, from Wloclawek, and from Opole, and from Czestochowa) - Poland

1992

Katowice (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Kraków) - Poland

1992

Legnica (detached from Wroclaw) - Poland

1992

Lodz (AD, was part of the Metropolitan Province of Warszawa) - Poland

1992

Lowicz (detached from Warszawa, from Plock, and from Lodz) - Poland

1992

Lublin (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Warszawa) - Poland

1992

Pelplin (new name, previously Chelmno) - Poland

1992

Przemysl [Lat.] (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Lwow / Lviv) - Poland

1992

Radom (detached from Sandomierz-Radom) - Poland

1992

Rzeszów (detached from Przemysl [Lat.], and from Tarnów) - Poland

1992

Sandomierz (previously Sandomierz-Radom, Radom detached) - Poland

1992

Sosnowiec (detached from Kraków, from Czestochowa, and from Kielce) - Poland

1992

Szczecin-Kamien (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Gniezno) - Poland

1992

Torun (detached from Gniezno, and from Chelmno) - Poland

1992

Warmia (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Warszawa) - Poland

1992

Warszawa-Praga (detached from Warszawa, and from Plock) - Poland

1992

Zamosc-Lubaczów (detached from Lublin, and incorporating all of AA Lubaczów) - Poland

1992

Zielona Góra-Gorzów (new name, previously Gorzów) - Poland

1996

Wrocław-Gdańsk [Ukr.] (detached from Przemyśl [Ukr.]) - Poland

1996

Przemyśl-Warszawa [Ukr.] (Metr.,was part of the Archeparchy of Lviv [Ukr.]) - Poland

1998

Kyjiv-Zhytomyr (new name, previously Zhytomyr) - Ucraina

2004

Bydgoszcz (detached from Gniezno (Metr.), Koszalin-Kolobrzeg (D), and from Pelplin (D)) - Poland

2004

Swidnica (detached from Wroclaw (Metr.), and from Legnica (D)) - Poland

2004

Lodz (Metr., previously AD immediately subject to the Holy See) - Poland

2020

Olsztyn-Gdańsk [Ukr.] (detached from Przemyśl-Warszawa [Ukr.], and from Wrocław-Gdańsk [Ukr.]) - Poland

2020

Wrocław-Koszalin [Ukr.] (new name, previously Wrocław-Gdańsk [Ukr.]) - Poland