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2 History  





3 List of Bishops  





4 Churches in the Diocese of Warsaw  





5 Footnotes  





6 References  





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Diocese of Warsaw


Diecezja warszawska

Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Pabianice
Location
CountryPoland
HeadquartersPabianice
Statistics
Parishes21
Congregations29
Members3968
DenominationEvangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
Current leadership
BishopJan Cieślar

The Lutheran Diocese of Warsaw is one of the six dioceses of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (Poland's only Lutheran church), covering most of central and eastern Poland. The Lutheran population in the area in 2016 was 3968,[1] which amounts to about 7% of the total number of adherents of the church in Poland.[2] There were 18 ordained ministers in the diocese in 2016.[1]

Structure[edit]

The Lutheran Diocese of Warsaw has 21 parishes: 6 in Masovian Voivodeship (two parishes in Warsaw, one in Radom, Płock, Żyrardów and Węgrów), 14 in Łódź Voivodeship (inŁódź, Piotrków Trybunalski, Pabianice, Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Zgierz, Kutno, Zduńska Wola, Wieluń, Aleksandrów Łódzki, Ozorków, Łask, Rawa Mazowiecka, Zelów, Poddębice) and 1 in Lublin Voivodeship (inLublin).[3] The diocese also covers the area of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, and although there are no independent parishes in the area, church services are held in the regional capital, Kielce, in a filial church that is administratively part of the parish in Radom. The seat of the bishop is the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Pabianice.

History[edit]

The territorial division of the Diocese of Warsaw as affirmed by the presidential decree of 1936 included 17 parishes, including two in the city of Warsaw itself.[4] In 1939 the Lutheran population of the diocese was 49,405, of which 61.8% were German and 38.2% Polish.[5] Although the total figure was ten times larger than the current numbers, the area of the diocese was significantly smaller than it is nowadays. With separate dioceses in Płock, Lublin, Piotrków and Łódź, the bishop of Warsaw in the Second Polish Republic was responsible for a far smaller area than is currently the case.

The diocese of Warsaw was re-established in the new territorial division of the church following World War II. The dissolution of the diocese of Łódź in 1952 gave it its present shape.[6]

Number of adherents in the Lutheran diocese of Warsaw
in the 21st century
Year 2005 2009 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Adherents 5,500[7] 4,955[8] 3,902[9] 3,951[9] 3,976[10][11] 4,005[10] 3,968[1]
Number of adherents in the Lutheran diocese of Warsaw in the 20th century
Year 1923 1939 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
Adherents[12] 54,371 49,405 15,192 13,248 9,612 7,148 5,287 4,860 5,892 5,136 6,010 6,100

List of Bishops[edit]

Churches in the Diocese of Warsaw[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Rocznik Statystyczny Województwa Mazowieckiego 2017 (Statistical Yearbook 2017: Mazowieckie Voivodeship) (PDF) (in Polish and English). Warszawa: Urząd Statystyczny w Warszawie. 2017. p. 123. ISSN 1509-9652.
  • ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsbEg38fVQw&t=5s Youtube channel of the Centre for Mission and Evangelization of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (2:20), data from 2012
  • ^ http://www.diec.warszawska.luteranie.pl/nasze_parafie.php Official website of the diocese - list of parishes (pol.)
  • ^ Dekret Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej z dnia 25 listopada 1936 r. o stosunku Państwa do Kościoła Ewangelicko-Augsburskiego w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (PDF) (88/613) (in Polish). 25 November 1936.
  • ^ Ciecieląg, Jóźwiak and Godfrejów-Tarnogórska, p. 65.
  • ^ Ciecieląg, Jóźwiak and Godfrejów-Tarnogórska, p. 66.
  • ^ Ciecieląg, Jóźwiak and Godfrejów-Tarnogórska, p. 67.
  • ^ Ciecieląg, Jóźwiak and Godfrejów-Tarnogórska, p. 76.
  • ^ a b Rocznik Statystyczny Województwa Łódzkiego 2013 (Statistical Yearbook 2013: Łódź Voivodship) (in Polish and English). Łódź: Urząd Statystyczny w Łodzi. 2014. p. 130. ISSN 0239-7366.
  • ^ a b Rocznik Statystyczny Województwa Łódzkiego 2016 (Statistical Yearbook 2016: Łódź Voivodship) (PDF) (in Polish and English). Łódź: Urząd Statystyczny w Łodzi. 2017. p. 125. ISSN 0239-7366.
  • ^ Wyznania religijne w Polsce 2012-2014 [Religious Denominations in Poland 2012-2014] (PDF). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2016. p. 58. ISBN 978-83-7027-612-6.
  • ^ Ciecieląg, Jóźwiak and Godfrejów-Tarnogórska, pp. 55 (data for 1923), 65 (data for 1939), 67 (data for 1955-2000).
  • References[edit]

    External links[edit]


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