Diocese of Mazury

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Evangelical Church of the Redeemer Olsztyn (Allenstein)

The diocese of Mazury (Polish : diecezja mazurska) is one of six dioceses of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland . The official seat is in Olsztyn (Allenstein) .

location

Johanneskirche Kętrzyn (Rastenburg)
Evangelical Church in Mikołajki (Nikolaiken)
Evangelical Church in Ostróda (Osterode)
Evangelical Church in Suwałki (Suwalken)

The diocese of Mazury is located in the north-east of Poland . In the north, its territory extends to the border with the Russian region of Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg ). In the east it borders on Belarus , in the south on the Diocese of Warsaw , and in the west on the Diocese of Pomerania-Greater Poland . With an area of ​​44,000 km², its area includes the Polish Warmian-Masurian and Podlaskie Voivodeships .

organization structure

The bishop is the spiritual director of the diocese and the spiritual head of all pastors there . Rudolf Bażanowski held this position from 1992 , which he handed over to Paweł Häuser in 2018 .

Diocesan Council

Together with the diocesan curator Jan Kisza , the pastoral councilor Krzysztof Mutschmann and the diocesan councilor Wanda Wróblewska, the bishop forms the diocesan council until 2018.

In 2018, Tomasz Wigłasz succeeded Krzysztof Mutschmann as the new pastoral care council, while Wanda Wróblewska succeeded Jan Kisza as diocesan curator. Ryszard Jerosz became a diocesan councilor.

Diocesan Synod

The highest decision-making body in the diocese is the diocesan synod , to which all parishes send delegates. In addition, the diocese sends delegates to the church synod of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland .

Official seat

According to the rules of the church, the office of the diocese is the respective place in which the bishop had his sphere of activity before taking office as priest. So the official residence that during the tenure of Rudolf Bażanowski in 10-026 was Olsztyn (Olsztyn) , Stare Miasto 1, was, from the inauguration of Paweł home on February 17, 2018 by 11-400 Kętrzyn, ul. Zjazdowa 15, moved .

Parishes / parishes

In the diocese of Masuria there are 15 parishes (with a parish seat), to which 30 subsidiary parishes belong:

Facilities

Web links

Commons : Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Diecezja Mazurska, Kościoła Ewangelicko - Augsburskiego w Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej. In: diec.mazurska.luteranie.pl. Retrieved December 21, 2018 (Polish).