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List of Metropolitans of Poland

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The following is the '''list of Metropolitans of the Autocephalous Church of Poland'''. The [[Church of Poland]] was recognized as [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] by the [[Church of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]] on [[November 26]], 1924 and by the [[Church of Russia|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) (recognized by Constantinople to [[March 15]], 1960)
*Tymoteusz of Bialystok-Gdansk ([[Locum Tenens]]) (1947 - 1951) (recognized by Moscow)
*Makary 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 of Lódz-Poznan (Locum Tenens) (1962 - 1965)
*Stefan of Poland (1965 - 1969)
*Jerzy of Lódz-Poznan (Locum Tenens) (1969 - 1970)
*[[Basil [Doroszkiewicz) of Poland|Basil [Doroszkiewicz)]] (1970 - 1998))
*[[Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland|Sawa (Hrycuniak)]] (1998 - Present)

==Source==
*[http://rulers.org/relig.html Religious leaders]

[[Category: Bishops|Poland]]
[[Category: Metropolitans of Poland|Poland]]
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