List of archbishops of Gniezno and primates of Poland

This is a list of archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gniezno, who are simultaneously primates of Poland since 1418.^[1][2] They also served as interrex in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

• From 1821^[3] until 1946 in personal union with the Archdiocese of Poznań.
• From 1946 until 1992 in personal union with the Archdiocese of Warsaw.

Jan Odrowąż (Sprowski)

Jan Latalski

Piotr Gamrat

Bernard Maciejowski

Andrzej Olszowski

Władysław Łubieński

Michał Poniatowski

Ignacy Krasicki

August Hlond

Józef Glemp

Henryk Muszyński

List of archbishops

• (999–after 1000) Radim Gaudentius
• (before 1025? – 1027) Hipolit
• 1027–1028 Bossuta Stefan
• 1076? – 1092 Bogumił
• ? Heinrich von Wülzburg
• (attested 1100–1112) Marcin
• (attested 1136–1146/48) Jakub I ze Żnina
• (1149–after 1167) Jan Gryfita
• (attested 1177–1180) Zdzisław I
• (probably in 1180s.) Bogumilus
• (attested from 1191 – died 1198/9) Piotr Łabędź
• 1199–1219 Henryk Kietlicz
• 1220–1232 Wincenty Niałek
• 1232–1258 Fulko I
• 1258–1271 Janusz Tarnowa
• 1271–1278 vacant
• 1278 Martin of Opava
• 1278–1283 vacant
• 1283–1314 Jakub Świnka
• 1314–1316 vacant
• 1316–1317 Borzysław I
• 1317–1341 Janisław I
• 1342–1374 Jarosław Bogoria
• 1374–1382 Janusz Suchywilk
• 1382–1388 Bodzęta z Kosowic
• 1389–1394 Jan Kropidło
• 1394–1401 Dobrogost z Nowego Dworu
• 1402–1411 Mikołaj I Kurowski
• 1412–1422 Mikołaj II Trąba (first primate of Poland since 1418)
• 1423–1436 Wojciech I Jastrzębiec
• 1437–1448 Wincenty II Kot
• 1449–1453 Władysław I Oporowski
• 1453–1464 Jan Odrowąż from Sprowa
• 1464–1473 Jan III Gruszczyński
• 1473–1480 Jakub III Siemieński
• 1481–1493 Zbigniew Oleśnicki
• 1493–1503 Fryderyk Jagiellończyk
• 1503–1510 Andrzej I Boryszewski
• 1510–1531 Jan IV Łaski
• 1531–1535 Maciej I Drzewicki
• 1535–1537 Andrzej II Krzycki
• 1537–1540 Jan V Latalski
• 1541–1545 Piotr III Gamrat
• 1546–1559 Mikołaj III Dzierzgowski
• 1559–1562 Jan Przerębski
• 1562–1581 Jakub IV Uchański
• 1581–1603 Stanisław I Karnkowski
• 1604–1605 Jan VI Tarnowski
• 1606–1608 Bernard Maciejowski
• 1608–1615 Wojciech II Baranowski
• 1616–1624 Wawrzyniec Gembicki.^[4]
• 1624–1626 Henryk II Firlej
• 1627–1638 Jan VII Wężyk
• 1638–1641 Jan VIII Lipski
• 1641–1652 Maciej II Łubieński
• 1653–1658 Andrzej II Leszczyński
• 1659–1666 Waclaw Leszczyński
• 1666–1673 Mikołaj IV Prażmowski
• 1673–1674 Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski
• 1674–1677 Andrzej III Olszowski
• 1677–1679 vacant
• 1679–1685 Jan IX Stefan Wydźga
• 1685–1688 vacant
• 1688–1705 Michał Stefan Radziejowski
• 1706–1721 Stanisław II Szembek
• 1721–1723 vacant
• 1723–1738 Teodor Andrzej Potocki
• 1739–1748 Krzysztof Antoni Szembek
• 1749–1759 Adam Ignacy Komorowski
• 1759–1767 Władysław II Aleksander Łubieński
• 1767–1777 Gabriel Podoski
• 1777–1784 Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski
• 1785–1794 Michał II Jerzy Poniatowski
• 1795–1801 Ignacy I Krasicki
• 1801–1806 vacant
• 1806–1818 Ignacy II Raczyński [pl]
• 1818–1821 vacant
• 1821–1825 Tymoteusz Paweł Gorzeński
• 1825–1828 vacant
• 1828–1829 Teofil Cyprian Wolicki
• 1829–1831 vacant
• 1831–1842 Marcin II Sulgustowski–Dunin
• 1842–1845 vacant
• 1845–1865 Leon Michał Przyłuski
• 1866–1886 Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski
• 1886–1890 Juliusz Józef Dinder
• 1891–1906 Florian Stablewski
• 1906–1914 vacant
• 1914–1915 Edward Likowski
• 1915–1926 Edmund Dalbor
• 1926–1948 August Józef Hlond
• 1948–1981 Stefan Wyszyński
• 1981–1992 Józef Glemp (Primate of Poland until 18 December 2009)
• 1992–2010 Henryk Muszyński (Primate of Poland from 18 December 2009)
• 2010–2014 Józef Kowalczyk
• 2014–present Wojciech Polak

Auxiliary bishops

• 1469–1474 Anton Nicolai^[5][1]
• 1509–? Mikołaj Mściwy^[6]
• 1527–1541 Jan Busiński^[7]
• 1541–1560 Sebastian Żydowski^[8]
• 1608–1627 Andrzej Wilczyński^[9]
• 1628–1638 Andrzej Gembicki, Appointed Bishop of Lutsk
• 1640–1644 Jan Madaliński^[10]
• 1644–1658 Adrian Grodecki^[11]
• 1660–1665 Gaspar Trizenieski^[12]
• 1667–1674 Jan Chrzciciel Bużeński^[13]
• 1676–1693 Wojciech Stawowski^[14]
• 1694–1700 Konstantyn Józef Zieliński, Appointed Archbishop of Lviv
• 1699–1718 Stefan Antonin Mdzewski^[15]

References

1. "Archdiocese of Gniezno" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3.   Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Gnesen-Posen". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
4. "Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016
5. "Bishop Anton Nicolai, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
6. "Bishop Nicolaus Msczny" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016
7. "Bishop Jan Busiński" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016
8. "Bishop Sebastianus Lidvinsky" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
9. "Bishop Andrzej Wilczyński" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016
10. "Bishop Jan Madaliński, O. Cist." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016
11. "Bishop Adrian Grodecki" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016
12. "Bishop Gaspar Trizenieski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016
13. "Bishop Giovanni Battista Businski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016
14. "Bishop Wojciech Stawowski" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016
15. "Bishop Stefan Antonin Mdzewski, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016