The Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland, also known as the Church of Poland or Polish-Catholic Church (Polish: Kościół Polski, Kościół Polskokatolicki w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is a Polish Old Catholic church in Poland.
This denomination is part of the Union of Utrecht.[2] It is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Polish Ecumenical Council.[3] It is not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, and as of 2022, has 18,140 members.[4]
History
The Polish-Catholic Church was founded in 1921 after the Polish-American Polish National Catholic Church sent missionaries to Poland during the Interwar period.[5]
Bishop Wiktor Wysoczański was chosen as the church's superior in 1995 until his death in 2023.[6] Following his death, four new bishops were consecrated for Poland.[7]
The Polish National Catholic Church in the Union of Scranton severed ties with the Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland in September 2023.[8]
Polish-Catholic Church in Great Britain
The Polish-Catholic Church in the United Kingdom[9] was created in April 2018 due to a dispute between the Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland and a group of its faithful in Glasgow. The group has two parishes and about 1,000 members. Currently, the head of the church is Oliwier Windsor.[10]
List of superiors
- 1995–2023 – Bishop Wiktor Wysoczański
See also
- Antoni Naumczyk, administrator of the Polish-Catholic Church's Diocese of Warsaw
- Holy Spirit Cathedral, Warsaw
References
- ^ Statistisches Jahrbuch 2008: Konzises statistisches Jahrbuch von Polen 2008.
- ^ "Utrechter Union - Member Churches". www.utrechter-union.org. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ "Polish Catholic Church in Poland". World Council of Churches. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ Dominik Rozkrut, ed. (2023). "Mały Rocznik Statystyczny Polski". Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. p. 117–118. ISSN 1640-3630.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Polish National Catholic Church". Oikoumene. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ "Zmarł bp Wiktor Wysoczański, zwierzchnik Kościoła Polskokatolickiego w RP". niedziela.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ "Utrechter Union - Four bishops for Poland". www.utrechter-union.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ Mikovsky, Anthony A. (September 15, 2023). "To: The Clergy and Members of the Polish Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland; The Clergy and Parishes of the Polish National Catholic Church" (PDF). God's Field. 101 (10): 5–6. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
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- ^ "Nowy zwierzchnik Kościoła Polskokatolickiego w Wielkiej Brytanii | eKAI". eKAI | Portal Katolickiej Agencji Informacyjnej. 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
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