Polish Catholic Church
The Polish Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland ( Kościół Polskokatolicki w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej ) is an independent Catholic Church in Poland.
History
The Polish Catholic Church was established in 1951 by the Polish National Catholic Church ( PNCC ) independently and preserved the synodal Episcopal order. The Polish Catholic Church is still an Old Catholic Union of Utrecht churches belonging to the Church, while the American mother church in 2003 retired from the Union because they refused ordination of women in the Western European churches.
Both churches are in dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church.
During the period of the communist regime, phases of repression alternated with those of the promotion. Since the 1990s, she tries to work through her role in communist Poland and to raise their profile for the future of ecumenical openness.
On 30 June 1995 the Sejm a law which regulates the relations between the Polish state and the Polish Catholic Church, adopted at three votes against and seven abstentions and then approved unanimously in the Senate.
The Polish Catholic Church is divided into three dioceses Warsaw, Wroclaw and Krakow - Czestochowa. Wroclaw and Krakow - Czestochowa are permanently vacant and will be managed by a diocesan administrator. The Bishop of Warsaw, Viktor Wysoczański, bears the title " Presiding Bishop ", analogous to the " Prime Bishop " of the PNCC. It is further divided into 12 deaneries and 83 parishes.
The Polish Catholic Church belongs to the Polish Ecumenical Council.
Holy Spirit Cathedral Warsaw
Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene, Wroclaw
Cathedral Holy Mother of God, Queen of Apostles Czestochowa