Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl
Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl Territorialis Praelatura Schneidemuhlensis Prälatur Schneidemühl (in German) Prałatura Pilska (in Polish) | |
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Holy Family Church in Piła (former Co-Cathedral) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany Poland |
| Territory | Posen-West-Prussia, Lauenburg and Bütow Land, Starostwo of Draheim |
| Ecclesiastical province | Eastern Germany |
| Metropolitan | Breslau (Wrocław) |
| Deaneries | 8 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,601 km2 (3,707 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 74 (as of 1930) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 1 May 1923 |
| Dissolved | 1972 |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of the Holy Family in Schneidemühl (Piła) |
| Secular priests | 123 (as of 1930) |
The Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl or Territorial Prelature of Piła (German: Freie Prälatur Schneidemühl, Latin: Territorialis Praelatura Schneidemuhlensis, Polish: Niezależna Prałatura Pilska) was a Roman Catholic territorial prelature in first Germany (Nazi Germany as of 1933) and then Poland. It covered the territory of the Prussian Province of the Frontier March of Posen-West Prussia, but also the territories of the Lauenburg and Bütow (Lębork and Bytów) Land and the former Starostwo of Draheim (Drahim), which were parts of the Province of Pomerania at the time. It was named after its seat in Schneidemühl (Piła) and belonged to the Eastern German Ecclesiastical Province under the Breslau/Wrocław Metropolia since 1930.