Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland
Independent Catholic denomination in Poland
| Church of Poland (Polish-Catholic Church) | |
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| Type | Independent Catholicism |
| Classification | Polish Old Catholicism |
| Theology | Ultrajectine |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Leader | Andrzej Gontarek |
| Associations | International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference Union of Utrecht World Council of Churches |
| Region | Poland |
| Headquarters | Warsaw |
| Separated from | Roman Catholic Church |
| Congregations | 78 |
| Members | 19,035 (2008[1]) |
| Ministers | 81 |
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]
The Polish-Catholic Church is in full communion with its American counterpart, the Polish National Catholic Church.[5]
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]
Polish-Catholic Church in Great Britain
The Polish-Catholic Church in the United Kingdom[8] 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.[9]
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) - ^ a b "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.
- ^ Company Overview (en)
- ^ "Nowy zwierzchnik Kościoła Polskokatolickiego w Wielkiej Brytanii | eKAI". eKAI | Portal Katolickiej Agencji Informacyjnej. 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
External links
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The Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches
- Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
- International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference
- International Old Catholic Congresses
- Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
- Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany
- Old Catholic Church of Austria
- Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
- Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic
- Polish Catholic Church (see below for PNCC based in the United States)
- Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC; based in the United States)
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