CHEŁMŻA, Diocese of. - In Poland (Polish Chełmno), founded in 1218, organized in 1243 by William, bishop of Modena and papal legate of Innocent IV. Suffragan of Gniezno (Gnesna); from 1255 suffragan of Riga, from 1466 again of Gniezno. Episcopal residence at Chełmno, from 1251 at Chełmża, from 1821 at Pelplin. First bishop: Krystyn of Oliwa.

Area: 16,500 sq km. Catholics: 1,588,000. Parishes: 339. Churches: 469, of which: parish churches: 339; filial churches: 14; convent churches: 4; chapels: 112. Diocesan priests: 390, of which: bishops 1; parish priests and administrators: 280; curates: 48; catechists: 25. Priests of other dioceses: 49. Regular priests: 94. Religious women: 579. Seminarians: 167; Religious houses: male, 17; female, 85. Institutes of instruction and education: male: 4; female: 3. Institutes of charity, assistance and care: 59. Churches destroyed: 10; damaged: 110; permanently closed: 60. Pilgrimage centers: Piaseczno, Chełmno, Chełmoniec, Rywałd, Sianowo, Swarzewo, Wejherowo, Wiele. At Pelplin a Gothic cathedral of 1258; at Chełmno an ex-cathedral, Gothic, of the 14th century; at Toruń a Gothic church of Our Lady of 1350-70, the Gothic church of St. James of 1309-40, the church of St. John of 1250; at Chełmża, the church of the Holy Cross of the 15th century, in place of the old one of the 13th century. Eminent bishops: Wibold de Velstey (d. 1400), Paolo a Grabowy (d. 1479); Pietro Kostka (d. 1595), Andrea Stanislao Kostka Zaluski, founder of the Zaluski library in Warsaw together with his brother, bishop of Kiev (1695-1758).

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BIBL.: Statystyka strat Kościoła w Polsce, in Inter-Catholic Press Agency, 9 March 1949, no. 10, p. 11; A. Theiner, Vetera monumenta Poloniae et Lithuaniae, I, Rome 1860, pp. 14, 15, 36, 61, 614, 687, 732; X. M. Buliński, Historia Kościoła Polskiego, I, Kraków 1873, pp. 249-52, II, pp. 191-93; III, pp. 246-250; M. Nowodworski, s. v. in Encyklopedia Kościelna, III, 229-240; XXXIII, 14-15; M. Walicki i J. Staryński, Dzieje Sztuki Polskiej, Warsaw 1936, pp. 71-80, 104.

Adam Macieliński

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