Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełm
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełm was a Latin Catholic bishopric in southeastern Poland, from 1257 until its suppression in 1805, which was restored as Latin titular see in 2009.
History
- Established on 1257.02.01 as Diocese of Łuków, on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Kraków
- Renamed in 1358 as Diocese of Chełm
- Lost territory in 1772 to then Diocese of Przemyśl
- Cathedral moved to the Saint Francis Xavier church in Krasnystaw in 1773
- Renamed on 1790.08.08 as Diocese of Chełm–Lublin, having gained territory from Diocese of Kraków
- Lost territories repeatedly: in 1798.08.08 to the Diocese of Łuck and Żytomierz and on 1805.06.13 to establish the Diocese of Kielce
- Suppressed on 1805.09.22, its territory being reassigned to establish the then Diocese of Lublin.
Residential Ordinaries
;Suffragan Bishop of Łuków- Bartłomiej z Pragi, Friars Minor
- Tomasz da Sienno, O.F.M., previously Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Kraków
- Stefan da Leopoli, Dominican Order
- Jan Biskupiec
- Jan Tarnowski
- Paweł z Grabowa
- Jan Kaźmierski, next Bishop of Przemyśl
- Jan z Targowiska, next Bishop of Przemyśl
- Maciej ze Starej Łomży, previously Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski
- Mikołaj Kościelecki
- Jakub Buczacki, previously Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski ; later Bishop of Poznań
- Samuel Maciejowski, next Bishop of Płock, Bishop of Kraków
- Mikołaj Dzierzgowski, previously Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski ; later Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno
- Jan Dzieduski, previously Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski ; later Bishop of Przemyśl
- Andrzej Zebrzydowski, previously Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski ; later Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze, Bishop of Kraków
- Jan Drohojowski, previously Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski ; later Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze
- Archbishop Jakub Uchański, next Bishop of Wrocław, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno
- Mikołaj Wolski, next Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze
- Wojciech Staroźrebski Sobiejuski, next Bishop of Przemyśl
- Adam Pilchowski
- Wawrzyniec Goślicki, previously Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski ; later Bishop of Przemyśl, Bishop of Poznań
- Stanisław Gomoliński, previously Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski ; next Bishop of Łuck
- Jerzy Zamoyski
- Maciej Łubieński, next Bishop of Poznań, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Abraham Jan Jacek Śladkowski, Dominican Order, Titular Bishop of Chytris
- Remigiusz Koniecpolski
- Paweł Piasecki, previously Bishop of Kamieniec Podolski ; later Bishop of Przemyśl
- Stanislaw Pstrokonski
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Mikołaj Roman Świrski-, Titular Bishop of Chytris
- Tomasz Leżeński, next Bishop of Łuck
- Jan Różycki
- Krzysztof Żegocki
- Stanisław Dąmbski ); next Bishop of Łuck, Bishop of Płock, Bishop of Kujawy–Pomorze, Bishop of Kraków
- Stanisław Jacek Święcicki, Canons Regular of Saint Augustine ; previously Titular Bishop of Pegæ as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Samogitia
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Konstanty Wożuczyński, Titular Bishop of Byblus
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Dłużewski, Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
- Mikołaj Michał Wyżycki
- Kazimierz Łubieński, previously Titular Bishop of Heraclea in Europa as Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków ; later Bishop of Kraków
- Teodor Wolff von Ludinghausen, Jesuit Order, previously Titular Bishop of Tripolis as Coadjutor Bishop of Inflanty, succeeding as Bishop of Inflanty
- Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek ; later Bishop of Przemyśl, Bishop of Warmia, Apostolic Administrator of Sambia
- Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro, next Bishop of Przemyśl
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Walenty Konstantyn Czulski, Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Michał de la Mars, Titular Bishop of Tricomia
- Jan Feliks Szaniawski, succeeding as former Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Józef Olszański, Titular Bishop of Serræ
- Józef Eustachy Szembek, next Bishop of Płock, Bishop of Warmia, Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Sambia
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Józef Antoni Łaszcz
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Chryzostom Krasiński
- Walenty Franciszek Wężyk, next Bishop of Przemyśl
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Dominik Józef Kiełczewski
- Feliks Paweł Turski
- Antoni Onufry Okęcki
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Melchior Jan Kochnowski
- Jan Alojzy Aleksandrowicz
- Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz
- Archbishop Wojciech Skarszewski.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 2009 as Titular bishopric of Chełm / Chelmen.It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal rank :
- Stanisław Jamrozek, Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl.