This is a list of Bishops and Prince-Bishops of the Diocese of Warmia (, , ), which was elevated to the Archdiocese of Warmia in 1992.
The Bishopric was founded in 1243 as the Bishopric of Ermland, one of four bishoprics of Teutonic Prussia. In 1356 it became an Imperial Prince-Bishopric under Emperor Charles IV, and from 1512 until 1930 it was an exempt diocese. From 1947 to 1972 the episcopal see was left vacant following the expulsion of the German population and the Bishop of Ermland from Prussia. The cathedral capitular canons elected capitular vicars for the time sede vacante, recognised by the Holy See.
In 1972 the Holy See installed a new Polish diocese, which in 1992 was elevated to an archdiocese.
Bishops of Ermland / Warmia 1249–1250 Heinrich von Strateich, elected, never actually took office 1250–1274 Anselm of Meissen, first actual bishop to be active in Ermland, from 1253 suffragan of the Archdiocese of Riga 1278–1300 Heinrich Fleming (Henryk Fleming) 1301–1326 Eberhard von Neiße (Nysa, Poland) (Neiße) 1327–1328 Jordan, Bishop of Warmia 1329–1334 Heinrich Wogenap (Wogenap) 1334–1337 sede vacante 1337–1349 Hermann von Prag (Herman z Pragi) (Prague) 1350–1355 Johannes of Meissen
Prince-Bishops of Ermland / Warmia 1355–1373 Johannes Stryprock (Stryprock), designated Prince-Bishop by the Golden Bull 1373–1401 Heinrich Sorbom (Sorbom) 1401–1415 Heinrich Heilsberg von Vogelsang (Vogelsang) 1415–1424 Johannes Abezier 1424–1457 Franz Kuhschmalz (Franciszek Kuhschmalz) 1457–1458 Enea Silvio Piccolomini 1458–1467 Paul von Legendorf (Legendorf) 1467–1489 Nicolaus von Tüngen (Mikołaj Tungen) 1489–1512 Lucas Watzenrode 1512–1523 Fabian of Lossainen, from 1512 de facto exempt, integration into the Archdiocese of Gniezno having failed 1523–1537 Mauritius Ferber 1537–1548 Johannes Dantiscus (Jan Dantyszek, also known as The Father of Polish Diplomacy) 1549–1550 Tiedemann Giese 1551–1579 Stanislaus Hosius, from 1566 de jure exempt with Riga dissolved 1579–1589 Martin Kromer 1589–1599 Andrew Báthory 1600–1604 Piotr Tylicki 1604–1621 Szymon Rudnicki 1621–1633 John Albert Vasa 1633–1643 Mikołaj Szyszkowski 1643–1644 Jan Karol Konopacki 1644–1659 Wacław Leszczyński 1659–1679 Jan Stefan Wydżga 1680–1688 Michał Stefan Radziejowski 1688–1697 Jan Stanisław Zbąski 1698–1711 Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski 1711–1723 Teodor Andrzej Potocki 1724–1740 Christopher Johan SzembekPrince-Bishop, Sacr.Rom Imp. Princ. (1680–1740) 1741–1766 Adam Stanisław Grabowski (1698–1766) 1767–1795 Ignacy Krasicki 1795–1803 Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1803–1808 sede vacante 1808–1836 Joseph von Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Bishops 1836–1841 Andreas Stanislaus von Hatten 1841–1867 Joseph Ambrosius Geritz 1867–1885 Philipp Krementz 1886–1908 Andreas Thiel 1908–1930 Augustinus Bludau 1930–1947 Maximilian Kaller, suffragan of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Breslau/Wrocław since 1930. Kaller remained bishop until 1947, even though expelled from Warmia in 1946. 1947–1972 sede vacante 1947–1957: Arthur Kather (1883–1957), as vicar capitular; also vicar general for the diocesan area under Soviet rule from 1945 to 1957 1957–1972: Paul Hoppe (1900–1988), as vicar capitular 1972–1978 Józef Drzazga, suffragan of Archdiocese of Warsaw 1979–1981 Józef Glemp 1981–1988 Jan Władysław Obłąk 1988–1992 Edmund Michał Piszcz, elevated as archbishop in 1992
Archbishops 1992–2006 Edmund Michał Piszcz, bishop from 1988 2006–2016 Wojciech Ziemba since 2016 Józef Górzyński
See also Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warmia Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
References
External links Website of the Archdiocese Catholic site with information on Archdiocese of Warmia