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List of Metropolitans of Poland

The following is the list of Metropolitans of the Autocephalous Church of Poland. The Church of Poland was recognized as autocephalous by the Patriarch of Constantinople on November 26, 1924 and by the Patriarch of Russia in 1948. In 1921, the Patriarch of Moscow granted a limited autonomy to the Church of Poland, with George (Jaroszewski) as Exarch.

Metropolitans

  • George (Jaroszewski) of Warsaw and all Poland (1921 - 1923)
  • Dionsius (Waledynski) (1923 - 1947) (continued recognition by Constantinople until March 15, 1960)
  • Tymoteusz (Timothy) of Bialystok-Gdansk (Locum Tenens) (1947 - 1951) (recognized by Moscow)
  • Makary (Macarius) 1951 - 1959 (recognized by Moscow)
  • Tymoteusz of Bialystok-Gdansk (Locum Tenens) (1959 - 1961) (recognized by Moscow)
  • Tymoteusz (1961 - 1962) (recognized by Moscow and Constantinople)
  • Jerzy (Korenistow) of Lódz-Poznan (Locum Tenens) (1962 - 1965)
  • Stefan (Rudyk) (1965 - 1969)
  • Jerzy (Korenistow) of Lódz-Poznan (Locum Tenens) (1969 - 1970)
  • Basil (Doroszkiewicz) (1970 - 1998))
  • Sawa (Hrycuniak) (1998 - Present)

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