The bishops' seat is Włocławek Cathedral, also a
minor basilica: Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP in the city of
Włocławek, in
Kujawsko-Pomorskie. The diocese has two more Minor Basilicas:
We disregard the presumably merely-legendary precursor(?)
Diocese of Kruszwica (966–1156)
Established in 1015 as Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze (i.e. Kujawy–
Pomerania) / Kruszwicka (Polish) / Cuiavia–Pomerania (Curiate Italian), on territory split off from the suppressed
Diocese of Kolberg (Kołobrzeg)
Renamed in 1148 as Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze / Cuiavia–Pomerania (Italiano) / since ca. 1124/26 called
Włocławek after its see
Theological seminary in Włocławek founded in 1569 by Bishop
Stanisław Karnkowski as one of the oldest seminaries in Poland.[1]
Renamed on 28 Oct 1925 after its see as Diocese of Włocławek / Wladislavia / Vladislavien(sis) (Latin adjective)
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II), the Germans murdered 249 priests from the Diocese of Włocławek, including the Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek
Michał Kozal, closed down the cathedral, and
robbed the precious historical collections of the diocese of Włocławek.[2]
As of 2022, it pastorally served 748,506 Catholics (98.7% of 758,348 total) on 8,824 km² in 233 parishes and 126 missions with 566 priests (460 diocesan, 106 religious), 463 lay religious (148 brothers, 315 sisters) and 24 seminarians.
The bishops' seat is Włocławek Cathedral, also a
minor basilica: Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP in the city of
Włocławek, in
Kujawsko-Pomorskie. The diocese has two more Minor Basilicas:
We disregard the presumably merely-legendary precursor(?)
Diocese of Kruszwica (966–1156)
Established in 1015 as Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze (i.e. Kujawy–
Pomerania) / Kruszwicka (Polish) / Cuiavia–Pomerania (Curiate Italian), on territory split off from the suppressed
Diocese of Kolberg (Kołobrzeg)
Renamed in 1148 as Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze / Cuiavia–Pomerania (Italiano) / since ca. 1124/26 called
Włocławek after its see
Theological seminary in Włocławek founded in 1569 by Bishop
Stanisław Karnkowski as one of the oldest seminaries in Poland.[1]
Renamed on 28 Oct 1925 after its see as Diocese of Włocławek / Wladislavia / Vladislavien(sis) (Latin adjective)
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II), the Germans murdered 249 priests from the Diocese of Włocławek, including the Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek
Michał Kozal, closed down the cathedral, and
robbed the precious historical collections of the diocese of Włocławek.[2]
As of 2022, it pastorally served 748,506 Catholics (98.7% of 758,348 total) on 8,824 km² in 233 parishes and 126 missions with 566 priests (460 diocesan, 106 religious), 463 lay religious (148 brothers, 315 sisters) and 24 seminarians.