Lutheran Diocese of Warsaw
| Diocese of Warsaw Diecezja warszawska | |
|---|---|
 Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Pabianice | |
| Location | |
| Country | Poland |
| Headquarters | Pabianice |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 21 |
| Congregations | 29 |
| Members | 3976 |
| Denomination | Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Jan 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. According to Poland's Central Statistical Office, the Lutheran population in the area in 2014 was 3976,[1] which amounts to 7% of the total number of adherents of the church in Poland.[2] There were 19 ministers in the diocese in 2014.[1]
Structure
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 (in Łódź, Piotrków Trybunalski, Pabianice, Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Zgierz, Kutno, Zduńska Wola, Wieluń, Aleksandrów Łódzki, Ozorków, Łask, Rawa Mazowiecka, Zelów, Poddębice) and 1 in Lublin Voivodeship (in Lublin).[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 town of Pabianice.
List of Bishops
- Woldemar Gastpary : 1954~1957
- Vacant (1957~1966)
- Ryszard Trenkler : 1966~1979
- Jan Walter : 1979~1995
- Mieczysław Cieślar : 1996~2010
- Jan Cieślar : 2010~
Churches in the Diocese of Warsaw
Chuch of St. Matthew, Łódź
Holy Trinity Church, Lublin
Lutheran church in Ozorków
Church of the Ascension, Warsaw
Lutheran church in Piotrków Trybunalski
Church of the Saviour, Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Holy Trinity Church, Kielce
Lutheran church in Węgrów
Seventeenth-century Lutheran church at Węgrów cemetery
Lutheran church in Wieluń
Lutheran church in Zduńska Wola
Lutheran church in Zelów
Church of Divine Providence, Zgierz
External links
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ 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.)