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List of Roman Catholic bishops of Kraków
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Due to Kraków's role as Poland's political, cultural and spiritual center, bishops of Kraków were often very influential in the city, country and abroad.
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| 1046-1059 | Aron |
| 1061-1071 | Lambert Suła or Zula |
| 1072-1079 | Stanisław Szczepanowski (Saint Stanislaus), martyr |
| ? | Lambert II |
| 1110-1118 | Maur |
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| 1143-1165 | Mateusz |
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| 1208-1218 | blessed Wincenty Kadłubek , historian, author of the Polish Chronicle |
| 1218-1229 | Iwo Odrowąż , ducal chancelor, established numerous monasteries in Southern Poland |
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| 1242-1266 | Jan Prandota |
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| 1320-1326 | Nanker or Nankier Kołda , started the construction of the Gothic Wawel cathedral |
| 1326-1347 | Jan Grot |
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| 1392-1412 | Piotr Wysz , theologist |
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| 1423-1455 | Zbigniew Oleśnicki , an influential statesman; opposed the Hussites, bought the Duchy of Siewierz for the bishopric |
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| 1537-1538 | Jan Chojeński |
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| 1581-1600 | Jerzy Radziwiłł |
| 1600-1605 | Bernard Maciejowski |
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| 1632-1633 | Jan Olbracht Waza |
| 1635-1648 | Jakub Zadzik |
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| 1746-1758 | Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski , founded the Załuski Library in Warsaw |
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| 1815-1829 | Jan Paweł Woronicz , poet and patriot |
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| 1879-1894 | Albin Dunajewski |
| 1895-1911 | Jan Maurycy Paweł Puzyna de Kosielsko |
| 1911-1951 | Adam Stefan Sapieha, one of major leaders of Polish resistance during the WW2 |
| 1963-1978 | Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II |
| since 1978 | Franciszek Macharski |
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