Polish Catholic Church
| Polish Catholic Church | |
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| Basic data | |
| Area : | 312,678 km² |
| Membership : | Union of Utrecht |
| Leading Bishop : | Wiktor Wysoczański |
| Dioceses : |
Warsaw Wroclaw Diocese of Krakow-Czestochowa |
| Priest : | 81 |
| Parishes : | 78 (82) |
| Old Catholics : | 19,035 (as of: 2008) |
| Diocese of Warsaw | |
| Bishopric : | Holy Spirit Cathedral |
| Bishop : | Wiktor Wysoczański |
| Vicar General : | Andrzej Gontarek |
| Dean's offices : | 5 |
| Priest: | 32 |
| Parishes: | 33 |
| Diocese of Wroclaw | |
| Bishopric: | St. Maria Magdalena ( vacant ) |
| Diocesan administrator : | Stanislaw Bosy |
| Emeritus Bishop : | |
| Dean's offices: | 4th |
| Priest: | 24 |
| Parishes: | 20th |
| Diocese of Krakow-Czestochowa | |
| Bishopric: |
Holy Mother of God , Queen of the Apostles ( vacant ) |
| Diocesan administrator : | Antoni Norman |
| Dean's offices: | 4th |
| Priest: | 25th |
| Parishes: | 25th |
| Official Website: | www.polskokatolicki.pl |
The Polish Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland ( Kościół Polskokatolicki w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej ) is an independent Catholic Church in Poland .
history
The Polish Catholic Church became independent from the Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC) in 1951 and maintained the synodal - episcopal order. The Polish Catholic Church is still a church belonging to the Union of Old Catholic Churches in Utrecht , while the American mother church left the Union in 2003 because it rejected the ordination of women in the Western European churches.
Both churches are in dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church .
During the time of the communist regime, phases of repression alternated with those of promotion. Since the 1990s she has endeavored to work up her role in communist Poland and to sharpen her profile for the future in an ecumenical openness.
On June 30, 1995, a law regulating relations between the Polish state and the Polish Catholic Church was passed in the Sejm with three votes against and seven abstentions and then unanimously confirmed in the Senate.
The Polish Catholic Church is divided into the three dioceses of Warsaw , Wroclaw and Krakow-Czestochowa . Wroclaw and Cracow-Czestochowa are permanently vacant and are administered by a diocesan administrator. The Bishop of Warsaw, Wiktor Wysoczański , bears the title of “Senior Bishop”, analogous to the PNCC's “Prime Bishop”. It is also divided into 12 deaneries and 83 parishes.
The Polish Catholic Church is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Polish World Council .
Chief Bishop Wiktor Wysoczański
Holy Spirit Cathedral Warsaw
Cathedral of Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles Czestochowa
Senior bishops
- 1951–1957 College of Bishops
- 1957–1958 Bishop Julian Pękala (1904–1977)
- 1959–1965 Bishop Maksymilian Rode (1911–1999)
- 1965–1975 Bishop Julian Pękala (1904–1977)
- 1975–1994 Bishop Tadeusz Majewski (1926–2002)
- since 1995 Bishop Wiktor Wysoczański (* 1939)
See also
Web links
- Official website of the Polish Catholic Church
- Holy Spirit Cathedral Warsaw (pl) (en)
- St. Jacob parish in Żółkiewka (pl)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Country information Poland. Federal Foreign Office, accessed March 30, 2011 .
- ^ A b Polish Catholic Church: Struktura
- ↑ According to the article Kościół Polskokatolicki w RP in the Polish Wikipedia.
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook 2008: Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland 2008 ( Memento of October 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, p. 132; 10.4 MB). Older or different information: There are 102 ministers in the church. It has 21,938 believers. Status 2003. Michał Rynkowski: Poland's accession to the EU. Its importance for the churches and religious communities in Poland (PDF). According to other information, the number of members is 18,900. pl: Kościół Polskokatolicki w RP .
- ^ Polish Catholic Church: Katedra
- ^ A b Polish Catholic Church: Diecezja Warszawska
- ^ Polish Catholic Church: Diecezja Wrocławska
- ↑ a b Diecezja Krakowsko - Częstochowska
- ^ Wiktor Wysoczański: On the history of the Polish National Catholic Church in the USA and Poland from 1920–1939. Internationale Kirchliche Zeitschrift (IKZ) 91 (2001), pp. 177–195. The same thing: the process of canonically making the Polish Catholic Church in Poland independent and its position in the Union of Utrecht. IKZ 93 (2003), pp. 43-58.
- ↑ Laurence J. Orzell: On the situation in the Union of Utrecht - two texts of the PNCC and a commentary. IKZ 91 (2001), pp. 222-237.
- ↑ Zdzislaw J. Kijas: The dialogue between the Polish Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Church in Poland. The work of the Joint Commission in 1998-2003. IKZ 94 (2004), pp. 217-248.
- ↑ Ewa Dabrowa: What does being a Polish Catholic mean in the 21st century? The contemporary Polish Catholic identity. IKZ 92 (2002), pp. 264-269.
- ^ Wiktor Wysoczański : The Polish Catholic Church as a member of the Union of Utrecht: origin, history, legal situation. IKZ 95 (2005), pp. 157-201. See also: Wiktor Wysoczański: The Polish Catholic Church as a member of the Union of Utrecht: origin, history, legal position