List of the bishops of Krakow
The diocese of Krakow may have been founded from Prague in the 10th century . There are no written sources for the first few years, except for a list of the first bishops. In the year 1000 the diocese of Krakow was subordinated to the new Archdiocese of Gniezno .
From 1443 to 1791 the bishops of Kraków were also dukes of Siewierz , the title of Duke of Siewierz was held until 1951.
With the elevation of Krakow to the archbishopric in 1925, Bishop Adam Stefan Sapieha received the title of archbishop .
Bishops of Krakow
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| Prohorius | ? | ? | First mentioned bishop. Time and circumstances of the office unclear. | ||
| Proculphus | ? | ? | |||
| Poppo | at the latest 1000 | ? | the Congress of Gniezno suffragan to the new 1000 Archdiocese of Gniezno assumed. | ||
| Gompo | ? | ? | only mentioned in list | ||
| Lambert I. | ? | ? | only mentioned in a later list, existence uncertain | ||
| Rachelinus | before 1032? | 1046? | |||
| Aaron | 1046? | 1059 | Archbishop, Blessed | ||
| Lambert II. Suła | 1061 | 1071 | completed the first Romanesque cathedral ( Wawel Cathedral ) | ||
| Stanislaus | 1072 | 1079 | † April 11, 1079 (martyrdom - slain and quartered during Holy Mass), canonized by Pope Innocent IV on September 8, 1253 in Assisi , patron of the diocese of Krakow and of Poland |
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| Lambert III. | 1082 | 1101 | had the bones of St. Stanislaus transferred to the Wawel Cathedral | ||
| Czeslaw | 1101 | 1103 | the oldest inventory of the cathedral comes from him | ||
| Baldwin | 1103 | 1109 | of French descent, was ordained bishop in Rome | ||
| Maur | 1110 | 1118 | French descent, † March 5, 1118 in Krakow, his remains were discovered during excavations in 1938 in the crypt of St. Leonard am Wawel, valuable grave goods | ||
| Radost | 1118 | 1142 | Reconstruction of the destroyed Wawel Cathedral, founder of the monastery, † January 19, 1142 in Kielce | ||
| Robert | 1142 | 1143 | consecrated the rebuilt Wawel Cathedral in 1142, bishop of Wroclaw from 1140 to 1142 † April 11, 1143, buried in the crypt of Wawel Cathedral | ||
| Matthew | 1143 | 1166 | was in correspondence with Bernhard von Clairvaux , founder of the monastery and church, † October 18, 1166 | ||
| Gedko | 1166 | 1185 | founded several monasteries in the diocese of Krakow, in 1184 he brought relics of St. Florian to Krakow and built a collegiate church in his honor in Krakow, † 1185 | . | |
| Fulko | 1185 | 1207 | Pope Urban III. consecrated him bishop, he made the first hospital foundation in Krakow, † September 11, 1207 and was buried in the crypt of Wawel Cathedral | ||
| Vincent Kadlubek | 1208 | 1218 | he was the first bishop to be elected by the cathedral chapter, after his resignation he retired to the Cistercian monastery Jędrzejów , † 1223 and was buried there. In 1764 he was appointed by Pope Clement XIII. beatified and he was transferred to Wawel Cathedral. He rests there in the Tomicki Chapel together with Bishop Peter Tomicki († 1223) |
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| Iwo Odrowąż | 1218 | 1229 | studied in Paris , Pope Honorius III. wanted to appoint him archbishop of Gniezno, he refused to take office, in 1218 the Krakow cathedral chapter elected him bishop, he founded many monasteries and built churches, † July 21, 1229 in Modena during a trip to Italy, his body was transferred to Krakow and in the buried there Dominican church |
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| Wisław of Kościelec (Wisław Zabawa) | 1229 | 1242 | brought the Franciscans to Krakow who founded a monastery here, at the end of his term of office Krakow was destroyed by the Tatars, † 1242 |
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| Jan Prandota (Jan Prandota of Białaczew) | 1242 | 1266 | During his tenure, Bishop Stanislaus was canonized whose memory was celebrated for the first time in May 1254, † September 20, 1266, he is venerated as saint in Krakow, but was never canonized |
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| Paweł from Przemanków | 1266 | 1292 | frequent quarrel with the princes of Cracow ( excommunication ), imprisoned |
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| Procopius | 1292 | 1294 | administrator of the Archdiocese of Gniezno since 1276 , traveled to Prague to swear allegiance to King Wenceslaus II and to recognize him as lord and protector of the church in Krakow , † December 8, 1294 and buried in Wawel Cathedral | ||
| Johann Muskata | 1294 | 1320 | 1306 cathedral destroyed by fire, Collegiate Church is cathedral † 7 February 1320 and was in the Cistercian monastery of Mogila buried | ||
| Nankier Kołda | 1320 | 1326 | Beginning of the construction of a Gothic Wawel Cathedral, appointed Bishop of Wroclaw in 1326, † April 8, 1341 in the Call of Holiness and was buried in the Cathedral of Wroclaw, in 1951 the process of beatification, which began in 1719, was completed |
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| Johann II. Grot | 1326 | 1347 | Past John XXII. appointed him on October 1, 1326 in Avignon Bishop of Cracow, continued construction of the cathedral, † August 5, 1347 in Wawrzeńczycach, buried in his chapel in the Wawel Cathedral |
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| Peter I. von Falkow | 1347 | 1348 | was elected bishop by the Kraków cathedral chapter, traveled to Pope Clement VI, accompanied by the Bodzenta von Września . to Avignon to have the choice confirmed, † June 6, 1348 in Avignon | ||
| Września Bodzenta | 1348 | 1366 | was in the delegation of his predecessor in Avignon who died there and was ordained by the Pope as his successor on June 12, 1348, much to the displeasure of King Casimir III. (Poland) , † December 12, 1366 in Kielce and was buried in the Marien-Chapel of the Wawel Cathedral |
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| Florian von Morsko | 1367 | 1380 | on August 16, 1367 appointed Bishop of Krakow |
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| Zawisza by Kurozweki | 1380 | 1382 | from 1352 to 1353 canon in Sandomierz, from 1353 to 1380 cathedral capitular in Cracow, in 1366 appointed archdeacon , 1380 bishop of Cracow, he was also vice-chancellor from 1371 to 1373 and from 1373 to 1379 chancellor of the crown, in 1381 he became a vicarius regni Poloniae , Deputy of the Polish King |
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| Johann III. Radlica | 1382 | 1392 | studied medicine in France, 1374 canon in Cracow, 1376 personal physician to King Ludwig I (Hungary) and (Poland), 1380 chancellor, at the crown, on February 5, 1382 appointed bishop of Cracow, † January 12, 1392 |
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| Peter II of Wysz | 1392 | 1412 | appointed Bishop of Krakow on December 19, 1392, founded with the approval of Pope Boniface IX. 1397 the Faculty of Theology of the University of Krakow, took in 1409 at the Council of Pisa in part, and then visited the Holy Land , 1412 Bishop of Posen appointed † 30 September 1414 in Poznan and was Posener Dom buried |
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| Wojciech Jastrzębiec | 1412 | 1423 | Appointed Bishop of Posen on April 26, 1399 , Bishop of Cracow on August 9, 1312, Archbishop of Gniezno on July 9, 1423 , † September 2, 1436 |
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| Zbigniew Oleśnicki | 1423 | 1455 | * December 5, 1389 in Sienno, appointed Bishop of Cracow on July 1, 1423, ordained a priest on December 18, 1423 , episcopal ordination December 19, 1423, created a cardinal on January 8, 1440 , † April 1, 1455 |
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| Tomasz Strzępiński | 1455 | 1461 | * August 10, 1398, appointed Bishop of Cracow on September 25, 1455, consecrated January 25, 1456, † September 22, 1460 |
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| James I of Sienna | 1461 | 1463 | * 1413, appointed Bishop of Cracow on November 24, 1460, resigned on January 7, 1462, October 19, 1464 Bishop of Kujawien and Pomerania , December 17, 1473 Archbishop of Gniezno, † October 4, 1480 |
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| Johann IV. Gruszczynski | 1463 | 1464 | * 1405, studied in Cracow and was appointed Bishop of Kujawia in 1450, consecrated on January 12, 1451, Bishop of Cracow in 1463, Archbishop of Gniezno in 1464, Primate of Poland and Lithuania and Chancellor of the Crown, † October 8, 1473 |
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| Johann V. Lutek | 1464 | 1471 | * Doliwa, 1463 Bishop of Kujawien, appointed Bishop of Cracow on October 19, 1464, Vice Chancellor of the Crown, † May 21, 1471 |
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| Johann VI. from Rzeszow | 1471 | 1488 | took the Nuremberg sculptor Veit Stoss (1447-1535), who in his Krakow time the famous Altarpiece of Veit Stoss (1477-1484), the stone crucifix (1496), the tomb of King Casimir IV. and Stanislaus Altar in St. Mary's Church created |
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| Friedrich Jagiello | 1488 | 1503 | * May 27, 1468 om Cracow, appointed Bishop of Cracow on April 19, 1488, confirmed by the Pope on May 24, 1488, ordained a priest on March 24, 1493, created a cardinal on September 20, 1493, October 2 1493 Archbishop of Gniezno, † March 13, 1503 |
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| John VII Konarski | 1503 | 1524 | * 1447 appointed Bishop of Cracow on July 21, 1503, † April 3, 1525 |
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| Peter III Tomicki | 1524 | 1535 | * 1464, studied in Bologna, ordained a priest in 1511, appointed bishop of Przemysl in 1514 and ordained bishop in 1520 bishop of Posen, 1524 bishop of Krakow and vice-chancellor of the crown, † October 29, 1535, buried in the one built by him and named after him Tomicki Chapel (12) of Wawel Cathedral |
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| John VIII Latalski | 1536 | 1537 | * 1463, envoy of King Sigismund I , of Poland, appointed Bishop of Posen in 1525, Bishop of Krakow on March 15, 1536, Archbishop of Gniezno on August 17, 1537, † August 19, 1540 |
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| Johann IX. Chojeński | 1537 | 1538 | * March 17, 1486, 1531 Bishop of Przemyśl, 1535 Bishop of Plock and Vice Chancellor of the Crown, 1537 Bishop of Cracow, Chancellor of the Crown, † March 11, 1538, buried in Wawel Cathedral |
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| Peter IV Gamrat | 1538 | 1545 | Appointed Bishop of Przemysl on October 27, 1535, Bishop of Plock on August 17, 1537, Bishop of Cracow on October 6, 1538, Archbishop of Gniezno on January 28, 1541, † August 27, 1545 |
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| Samuel Maciejowski | 1546 | 1550 | * 1499, 1539 Bishop of Kulm, 1541 Bishop of Plock, appointed Bishop of Kraków on April 19, 1546, † October 23, 1550 buried in the Maciejowski Chapel (5) of the Wawel Cathedral named after him |
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| Andrzej I. Zebrzydowski | 1551 | 1560 | from 1543 to 1545 Bishop of Kamjanez ( Ukraine ), from 1545 to 1546, Bishop of Kulm, appointed Bishop of Kujawien-Pomerania on February 19, 1546, Bishop of Krakow in 1551, † May 23, 1560 buried in the Zebrzydowski named after him Chapel (8) of Wawel Cathedral |
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| Philipp Padniewski | 1560 | 1572 | Appointed Bishop of Cracow in 1560, † 1572 |
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| Franz I. Krasiński | 1572 | 1577 | * April 10, 1525, appointed Bishop of Cracow on June 2, 1572, episcopal ordination on January 6, 1573, † March 16, 1577 |
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| Peter V. Myszkowski | 1577 | 1591 | appointed Bishop of Krakow on July 5, 1577, † 1591 |
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| Jerzy Radziwiłł | 1591 | 1600 | * May 31, 1556, appointed coadjutor bishop of Willna on December 17, 1574 , bishop of Vilnius on December 31, 1579, ordained priest on April 10, 1583, created cardinal on December 12, 1583, episcopal ordination on January 6, 1583 , on August 9, 1591 Bishop of Krakow, † January 21, 1600 |
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| Bernard Maciejowski | 1600 | 1605 | * 1548 in Malopolska (Poland), ordained a priest in 1586, appointed Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck on June 8, 1587 , ordained episcopal on January 24, 1588 by the Archbishop of Gnesen Stanisław Karnkowski , on May 23, 1600 Bishop of Cracow, on Created cardinal on June 9, 1604, Archbishop of Gniezno on July 31, 1606, † January 19, 1608 |
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| Peter VI Tylicki | 1607 | 1616 | * 1543 in Kowale, appointed Bishop of Kulm on August 17, 1595, consecrated bishop in October 1595, on October 7, 1600, Bishop of Warmia, in November 1605, Bishop of Kujawien-Pomerania, in January 1607, Bishop of Cracow † July 13, 1616 |
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| Marcin Szyszkowski | 1616 | 1630 | * 1554 in Iłży on November 24, 1603 appointed coadjutor bishop of Lutsk and titular bishop of Christopolis , episcopal ordination on May 9, 1604, bishop of Plock on July 18, 1607, bishop of Krakow on October 17, 1616, † April 30, 1630 |
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| Andrzej II. Lipski | 1630 | 1631 | * 1572 in Rzeplinie, appointed Bishop of Lutsk on February 20, 1617, Bishop of Kujawien-Pomerania on November 20, 1623, Bishop of Cracow on December 2, 1630, † September 4, 1631 |
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| Johann X. Wasa SJ | 1632 | 1634 | * May 25, 1612 in Krakow, created by Pope Urban VII as cardinal in pectore on November 19, 1629 , bishop of Krakow on November 20, 1632, off on December 20, 1632. Creation as cardinal deacon and entry into the titular church of Santa Maria in Aquiro , † December 29, 1634 |
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| Jacob II Zadzik | 1635 | 1642 | * 1582, appointed Bishop of Kulm in 1624, Bishop of Cracow on September 17, 1635, † March 17, 1642 in Bodzentyn |
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| Peter VII. Gembicki | 1642 | 1657 | appointed Bishop of Przemysl on September 22, 1632, consecrated bishop on February 22, 1637 by Jan Wężyk Archbishop of Gniezno, on November 10, 1642 Bishop of Cracow, † July 14, 1657 |
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| Andrzej III. Trzebicki | 1658 | 1679 | appointed Bishop of Przemysl on December 12, 1654, Bishop of Cracow on March 2, 1658, † December 28, 1680 |
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| Johann XI. Malachowski | 1681 | 1699 | * 1623, ordained a priest in Lviv in 1655, appointed bishop of Kulm on June 22, 1676, episcopal ordination on September 9, 1676 by the bishop of Plock, Bonaventura Madaliński , co- consecrators were the auxiliary bishop of Warmia, Tomasz Ujejski SJ, and the auxiliary bishop von Plock, Stanislaw Calowanski, Bishop of Cracow on May 12, 1681, † August 20, 1699 |
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| Stanisław II. Dąmbski | 1700 | 1700 | * 1638 in Lubaniec, appointed Bishop of Kulm on December 18, 1673, Bishop of Luck on October 19, 1676, Bishop of Plock on April 20, 1682, Bishop of Kuyavian-Pomerania on July 7, 1692, and March 30, 1700 Bishop of Cracow, † November 28, 1700 |
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| George II Denhoff | 1701 | 1702 | * April 1640, appointed bishop of Kamieniec on April 1, 1686 on October 19, 1689 Bishop of Przemysl, on May 9, 1701 Bishop of Krakow, † March 16, 1702 in Kielce and was in the family vault in Częstochowa buried |
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| Kasimir Lubiensky | 1710 | 1719 | since 1701 auxiliary bishop in Krakow he was 1702 administrator of the diocese of Krakow also during his time as bishop of Kulm (1705-1710) and was appointed bishop of Krakow on May 7, 1710, † May 2, 1719 |
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| Felicjan Szeniawski | 1720 | 1732 | * Ordained a priest on November 11, 1694 in Posteniecz on November 24, 1668 , appointed Bishop of Kuyavian-Pomerania on June 25, 1706, consecrated as a bishop on February 20, 1707 by Stanisław Szembek the Archbishop of Gniezno, on July 3, 1720 Bishop of Krakow, † July 2, 1732 |
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| Johann XII. Alexander Lipski | 1732 | 1746 | * June 1690 in Huczkov , ordained a deacon on April 1, 1713, ordained a priest on April 23, 1717, appointed bishop of Lutsk on March 31, 1732, episcopal ordination on May 25, 1732 by Teodor Andrzej Potocki, Archbishop of Gniezno, on April 19 , 1732 December 1732 Bishop of Cracow, on December 20, 1737 by Pope Clement XII. created as a cardinal, † February 20, 1746 |
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| Andrzej Stanisław Załuski | 1746 | 1758 | * December 2, 1695 in Jedlińsk , appointed Bishop of Plock on November 22, 1723, episcopal ordination on February 13, 1724, Bishop of Lutsk on November 9, 1736, Bishop of Kulm on March 8, 1739, Bishop on March 12, 1746 of Krakow, † December 16, 1758 |
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| Kajetan Sołtyk | 1759 | 1788 | * November 12, 1715 in Krakow, ordained a priest on August 3, 1738, appointed coadjutor bishop of Kiev and titular bishop of Emmaüs on September 22, 1749, bishop of Kiev on April 19, 1756 in 1756, bishop of Kiev on February 12, 1759 Krakow, † July 30, 1788 |
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| Felix Turski | 1790 | 1800 | * January 14, 1729 in Czarnocen, ordained a priest on February 17, 1754, appointed Bishop of Kulm on April 22, 1756, Bishop of Lutsk on March 4, 1771, Bishop of Cracow on November 20, 1788, † March 31 1800 |
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| Andrzej Gawroński SJ | 1805 | 1813 | * November 30, 1740 in Lubienie, joined the Society on August 8, 1756, ordained a priest on October 29, 1769, appointed Bishop of Krakow on September 24, 1804, ordained episcopal on November 25, 1804 by Archbishop of Vienna Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart , SJ, † April 7, 1813 |
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| Jan Pavel Woronicz SJ | 1815 | 1829 | * July 3, 1753 in Brodów, joined the Societät on September 5, 1770. Ordained a priest on June 5, 1784, appointed Bishop of Cracow on December 18, 1815, ordained episcopal on May 8, 1816, on January 28, 1828 Archbishop of Warsaw , † December 6, 1829 |
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| Karol Skórkowski | 1830 | 1851 | appointed Bishop of Krakow on July 27, 1829, ordained episcopal on January 29, 1830, † January 25, 1851 |
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| Albin Cardinal Dunajewski | 1879 | 1894 | * March 1, 1817 in Stanislawów, ordained a priest on July 28, 1861, appointed Bishop of Cracow on May 15, 1879, ordained episcopal on June 18, 1879, created cardinal on June 23, 1890, † June 18, 1894 |
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| Jan Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko | 1895 | 1911 | * September 13, 1842 in Gwozdziec, ordained a priest on December 1, 1878, appointed auxiliary bishop in Lemberg and titular bishop of Memphis on February 26, 1886 , episcopal ordination on March 25, 1886, appointment as Bishop of Krakow on January 22, 1895, on April 15, 1901 by Pope Leo XIII. created cardinal, † September 8, 1911 |
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| Adam Stefan Sapieha | 1911 | 1925 | * May 14, 1867 in Krasiczyn , ordained a priest on October 1, 1893, appointed Bishop of Cracow on November 24, 1911, episcopal ordination on December 17, 1911 |
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| Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha | 1925 | 1951 | Bishop of Krakow since November 24, 1911, with the elevation of the diocese to an archbishopric, Archbishop of Krakow on February 14, 1925, cardinal on February 18, 1947, † July 21, 1951 |
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| Eugeniusz Baziak | 1951 | 1962 | Apostolic Administrator |
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| Karol Cardinal Wojtyła | 1963 | 1978 | Auxiliary bishop in Krakow since July 4, 1958, appointed Archbishop of Krakow on January 13, 1963, elevated to cardinal on June 26, 1967, elected Pope John Paul II on October 16, 1978, † April 2, 2005 |
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| Cardinal Franciszek Macharski | 1979 | 2005 | * May 20, 1927 in Cracow, ordained a priest on April 2, 1950, appointed Archbishop of Cracow on December 29, 1978, episcopal ordination on January 6, 1979 in Rome, entry into the Archdiocese of Cracow on January 28, 1979, on January 30, 1978. Elevated to Cardinal June 1979, retired June 3, 2005, † August 2, 2016 |
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| Stanisław Cardinal Dziwisz | 2005 | 2016 | * April 27, 1939 in Raba Wyżna , ordained a priest on June 23, 1963, 1966 Secretary to Archbishop Wojtyła, Prefect of the Papal House and Titular Bishop of San Leone on February 7, 1998 , episcopal ordination on March 19, 1998, September 29 2003 Titular Archbishop pro hac vice , Archbishop of Krakow on June 3, 2005, elevated to cardinal on May 24, 2006, resignation accepted on December 8, 2016 |
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| Marek Jędraszewski | 2016 | * February 24, 1949 in Poznan , ordained a priest on May 24, 1973, titular bishop of Forum Popilii and auxiliary bishop in Poznan on May 17, 1997 , episcopal ordination on June 29, 1997, archbishop of Łódź on July 11, 2012 , on May 8 , 1997 December 2016 Archbishop of Krakow and since March 2014 Vice-Chairman of the Polish Bishops' Conference . |
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See also
- List of coats of arms of the Szlachta
- Wawel Cathedral - plan of the cathedral and chapels
Web links
- Biskupi krakowscy
- Regesta Imperii - Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz (RI)
- Saint Stanislaus of Krakow
Individual evidence
- ↑ Haec sunt nomina pontificum cracoviensium Prohorius, Proculphus, Poppo, Gompo, revenge Linus, Aaron archiepiscopus quintus, Sula cognominatus Lamberlus, beatus Stanislaus Martyr , in: Władysław Szcześniak, Obrządek słowiański w Polsce pierwotnej , Warszawa 1904, p 76 online . At the beginning cf. Stanisław Szczur "Pierwsze wieki kościoła krakowskiego", in: "Kościół krakowski w tysiącleciu", Kraków 2000
- ^ "The chalice and paten from the tomb of Bishop Maurus" Symposium Krakow, 1992