title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelplin
text: # Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelplin
  
  The Diocese of Pelplin (Latin: Pelplinen(sis); Kashubian: Pelplińskô diecezjô) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese located in the city of Pelplin, Poland. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk. The biggest city of diocese is Tczew.
  
  ## History
  
  * 1243: Established as part of Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełmno
  * March 25, 1992: Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełmno split into the Diocese of Pelplin and The Diocese of Toruń
  
  ## Special churches
  
  * Minor Basilicas:
     * Bazylika Ścięcia Świętego Jana Chrzciciela (Basilica of the Beheading of St. John Baptist), Chojnice
  
  ## Leadership
  
  * Bishops of Pelplin
     * Bishop Ryszard Kasyna (since 2012.12.08)
     * Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga (1992.03.25 – 2012.04.25)
  * Bishops of Chelmno
     * Archbishop Marian Przykucki (1981.06.15 – 1992.03.25)
     * Bishop Bernard Czapliński (1973.03.16 – 1980.12.30)
     * Bishop Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski (1946.03.04 – 1972.05.06)
     * Bishop Carl Maria Splett (Apostolic Administrator 1940.12.05 – 1946.03.04)
     * Bishop Stanislao Okoniewski (1926.10.04 – 1944)
     * Bishop Augustinus Rosentreter (1898.12.22 – 1926.10.04)
     * Bishop Leo Redner (1886.11.16 – 1898.04.01)
     * Bishop Johannes von der Marwitz (1857.01.14 – 1886.03.29)
     * Bishop Anastasius Johannes Sedlag (1833.07.28 – 1856.09.23)
     * Bishop Ignatius Vincentius Matthy (1823.11.17 – 1832.05.20)
     * Bishop Franciszek Ksawery Graf Rydzyński (1795.10.10 – 1814.10.16)
     * Bishop Johann Karl Reichsgraf von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1785.01.31 – 1795.12.18)
     * Bishop Antoni Onufry Okecki (1771.03.04 – 1775.05.29)
     * Bishop Andrzej Ignacy Baier (1758.11.18 – 1785.01.31)
     * Bishop Wojciech Stanisław Leski, O. Cist. (1746.10.17 – 1758.09.19)
     * Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski (1739.03.08 – 1746.05.02)
     * Bishop Adam Stanisław Grabowski (1736.09.26 – 1739.07.15)
     * Bishop Józef Eustachy Szembek (1736 – 1753)
     * Bishop Thomaz Franciszek Czapski, O. Cist. (1730.12.06 – 1733.04.23)
     * Bishop Feliks Ignacy Kretowski (1722.11.20 – 1730.12.06)
     * Bishop Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum (1718.06.27 – 1721.06.30)
     * Archbishop Teodor Andrzej Potocki (1699.04.11 – 1712.06.10)
     * Bishop Kazimierz Szczuka (1693.10.02 – 1694.06.30)
     * Bishop Jan Kazimierz Opaliński, O. Cist. (1681.06.23 – 1693.07.22)
     * Bishop Jan Małachowski (1676.06.22 – 1681.05.12)
     * Archbishop Andrzej Olszowski (1661.02.23 – 1674.10.01)
     * Bishop Adam Kos (1657.11.11 – 1661.02.11)
     * Bishop Jan Gembicki (1653.04.21 – 1655.05.11)
     * Archbishop Andrzej Leszczyński (1646.05.04 – 1653.01.08)
     * Archbishop Jan Lipski (1636 – 1639)
     * Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki (1600 – 1610)
     * Cardinal Stanisław Hosius (1549.07.12 – 1551.05.11)
  