Archbishopric of Warmia
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warmia (Latin: Archidioecesis Varmiensis, German: Bistum Ermland, former English: Archdiocese of Ermland, Archdiocese of the Ermeland) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in present Poland. Originally erected as the Diocese of Ermland-Warmia in the 13th century, the diocese was originally a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Warsaw. Its first bishops were appointed by Polish and Teutonic Knights' officials and were mostly Germans. Under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the bishops were mostly Polish, but the faithful were in large majority ethnic Germans. Before the annexation of southern East Prussia by the People's Republic of Poland, the diocese of Ermland was led by Bishop Maximilian Kaller, the "Bishop of the Expellees". After 1946 it was claimed by the Polish Church, supported by the communist state's annexation of the area.

Only in 1992, was the diocese elevated to an Archdiocese and given two new suffragans, the Diocese of Ełk and the Diocese of Elbląg. The Diocese of Elk was created by merging territory from the then Diocese of Culm, (now Diocese of Pelplin); the then Diocese of Gdańsk, (now Archdiocese of Gdansk); and part of the Diocese of Warmia. The Diocese of Elblag was created from a subdivision of the Diocese of Warmia and the Diocese of Łomża.

The current Archdiocese contains a population of around 700,000 half of the former Diocese of Warmia. The Archepiscopal see is located in the city of Olsztyn.

The current Archbishop is Wojciech Ziemba, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.

Ordinaries

• Enea Silvio Piccolomini † (12 Aug 1457 Appointed - 19 Aug 1458 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
• Wacław Leszczyński † (6 Apr 1644 Appointed - 27 Jan 1659 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Jan Stefan Wydzga † (18 Aug 1659 Appointed - 17 Jul 1679 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Mikołaj Prażmowski † ( 1664 Appointed - 1666 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Augustyn Michal Stefan Radziejowski † (21 Oct 1679 Appointed - 17 May 1688 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Jan Stanisław Zbaski † (3 Sep 1688 Appointed - 21 May 1697 Died)
• Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski † (6 Jun 1698 Appointed - 1 May 1711 Died)
• Teodor Andrzej Potocki † (16 Nov 1711 Appointed - 9 Jan 1723 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek † (14 Feb 1724 Appointed - 16 Mar 1740 Died)
• Adam Stanislaus Grabowski † (14 Apr 1741 Appointed - 15 Dec 1766 Died)
• Ignacy Krasicki † (15 Dec 1766 Succeeded - 13 Apr 1795 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Johann Karl Reichsgraf von Hohenzollern-Hechingen † (16 Jul 1795 Appointed - 11 Aug 1803 Died)
• Ignatius Vincentius Matthy † (15 Aug 1803 Appointed - 1 Sep 1809 Resigned)
• Joseph Prinz von Hohenzollern-Hechingen † (6 Jul 1808 Appointed - 26 Sep 1836 Died)
• Andreas Stanislaus von Hattynski (Hatten) † (26 Apr 1837 Appointed - 3 Jan 1841 Died)
• Joseph Ambrosius Geritz † (21 Jun 1841 Appointed - 16 Aug 1867 Died)
• Philipp Krementz † (22 Oct 1867 Appointed - 30 Jun 1885 Appointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
• Andreas Thiel † (15 Dec 1884 Appointed - 17 Jul 1908 Died)
• Augustinus Bludau † (26 Nov 1908 Appointed - 9 Feb 1930 Died)
• Maximilian Kaller † (23 Jul 1930 Appointed - 7 Jul 1947 Died)
• Józef Drzazga † (28 Jun 1972 Appointed - 12 Sep 1978 Died)
• Józef Glemp (4 Mar 1979 Appointed - 7 Jul 1981 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno)
• Jan Wladyslaw Oblak † (13 Apr 1982 Appointed - 1988 Retired)
• Edmund Michal Piszcz (22 Oct 1988 Appointed - 30 May 2006 Retired)
• Wojciech Ziemba (30 May 2006 Appointed - )

See also

• List of bishops of Warmia
• Duchy of Warmia

External links

• Archdiocese of Warmia at Catholic-Hierarchy
• Official Website
• Memorial website, listing names of the dead