Diocese of Warsaw
The diocese of Warsaw (Polish Diecezja warszawska ) is one of six dioceses of the Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Church in Poland . The official seat is in Łódź .
Geographical location
The diocese of Warsaw is located in the east of Poland and extends to the border with Belarus and the Ukraine . In the south it borders on the diocese of Katowice , in the west on the diocese of Pomerania-Greater Poland and in the north on the diocese of Mazury . With an area of more than 90,000 km², it is the largest of the six Polish dioceses and includes the voivodeships of Łódź , Lublin , Heiligkreuz and Mazovia .
structure
The bishop (or until 1995 the senior ) has the spiritual direction of the diocese . He is also the spiritual head of the 21 pastors in the diocese. The incumbent was Mieczysław Cieślar from 1996 to 2010 . Jan Cieślar has held the post since 2010 .
Together with the diocesan curator Karol Werner and the spiritual councilor Wojciech Rudkowski, the bishop forms the diocesan council.
The highest decision-making body is the diocesan synod , to which all parishes send their delegates. In addition, the diocese sends delegates to the Synod of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland.
The central office of the Diocese of Warsaw is at 90-457 Łódź, ul.Piotrkowska 283.
Seniors and Bishops
- Woldemar Gastpary (1954–1957, senior)
- Ryszard Trenkler (1966–1979, senior)
- Jan Walter (Bishop) (1979–1995, Senior)
- Mieczysław Cieślar (1996-2010, bishop)
- Jan Cieślar (2010-present, bishop)
Parishes and parishes
Before 1945, the Diocese of Warsaw had 17 parishes and three subsidiary churches. The senior was the spiritual leader , most recently before 1945 in the person of consistorial councilor August Loth .
The diocese of Warsaw, which was formed after 1994 from parishes of the former dioceses of Kalisch, Lodz, Lublin, Petrikau, Plock and Warsaw, now includes 21 parishes (with parishes) and 9 subsidiary parishes:
- Aleksandrów Łódzki
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Kutno
- with Łowicz
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Lublin (city)
- with Kuzawka
- Łask
- Łódź (St. Matthäi, until 1945 St. Trinitatis, St. Johannis and St. Michaelis)
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Ozorków
- with Łęczyca
- Pabianice , for the history of the parish see: Protestant parish Pabianice
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Piotrków Trybunalski
- with Kleszczów
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Plock
- with Gostynin
- Poddębice
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Radome
- with Kielce
- Rawa Mazowiecka
- Tomaszów Mazowiecki
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Warsaw ( Trinity Church )
- with Warszawa Włochy and “Tabita” in Konstancin-Jeziorna
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Warsaw (Ascension of the Lord)
- with Pułtusk
- Węgrów
- Wieluń
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Zduńska Wola
- with Sieradz
- Zelów - Bełchatów
- Zgierz
- Żyrardów
