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| name                   = Blessed Ladislas of Gielniów Church
| native_name            = Kościół bł. Władysława z Gielniowa
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| caption                = Blessed Ladislas of Gielniów Church
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| country                = Poland
| denomination           = Roman Catholic
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| address                = Przy Bażantarni 3, Warsaw
| website                = {{URL|https://blwlad.mkw.pl/}}
| status                 = Parish church
| founded date           = {{start date|1992|df=y}}
| founder                = Canon Eugeniusz Ledwoch
| dedication             = Blessed [[Ladislas of Gielniów]]
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| consecrated date       = {{start date|2000|12|17|df=y}}
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| parish                 = Blessed Ladislas of Gielniów Parish
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The '''Blessed Ladislas of Gielniów Church''' ({{langx|pl|Kościół bł. Władysława z Gielniowa}}) is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] parish church located in the [[Ursynów]] district of [[Warsaw]], Poland, in the neighbourhood of [[Natolin, Warsaw|Natolin]], at 3 Przy Bażantarni Street. It is dedicated to Blessed [[Ladislas of Gielniów]].
== History ==
The church was built under the supervision of the parish priest, Canon Eugeniusz Ledwoch (who passed away in April 2002), the organizer and first pastor of the parish.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Historia parafii – (cz. 2) – Parafia bł. Władysława z Gielniowa w Warszawie |url=https://blwlad.mkw.pl/historia-parafii-cz-2/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=blwlad.mkw.pl}}</ref> The construction of the foundations began in 1992. In October 1993, Cardinal [[Józef Glemp]], the Archbishop of Warsaw and Primate of Poland, laid the cornerstone, which came from the remnants of [[St. Catherine's Church, Warsaw|St. Catherine's Church]] in [[Służew]]. The church was consecrated on 17 December 2000, also by Cardinal Józef Glemp.<ref name=":0" />
== Architecture and interior ==
The building is a three-aisled church built on the plan of a Latin cross. It is crowned with four domes: one above the transept, one above the presbytery, and one over each of the side chapels.
Next to the church stands a 19-meter-tall freestanding bell tower. It houses the bell Ladislas ({{langx|pl|Władysław}}) crafted by Witold Sobol and Waldemar Olszewski at the Jan Felczyński Bell Foundry in [[Przemyśl]]. Along with the clapper and suspension, it weighs about 11 tons. The bell has a diameter of 2.33 meters and a height of about 2.21 meters.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdPWnEpl1Ds |title=Duma Warszawy - dzwon bł. Władysław z Gielniowa |date=2022-11-26 |last=Z dzwonami przez świat |access-date=2024-10-23 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
The pipe organ was built by Dariusz Zych in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warszawa (Kościół bł. Władysława z Gielniowa) |url=https://musicamsacram.pl/instrumenty/2031-Warszawa-Kosciol-bl-Wladyslawa-z-Gielniowa |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=musicamsacram.pl |language=pl}}</ref> In the immediate vicinity of the church is the [[Przy Bażantarni Park]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Park Przy Bażantarni |url=http://ursynow.pl/dla-mieszkancow/ochrona-srodowiska/parki-na-ursynowie/park-przy-bazantarni/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315011831/http://ursynow.pl/dla-mieszkancow/ochrona-srodowiska/parki-na-ursynowie/park-przy-bazantarni/ |archive-date=2015-03-15 |access-date= |website=ursynow.pl}}</ref>
== Pastors of the Parish Church ==
* Canon Eugeniusz Ledwoch (1985–2002), builder of the church, passed away in 2002<ref name=":0" />
* Prelate Jacek Kozub (2002–2024)
* Canon Robert Zalewski (2024–)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nowi proboszczowie w dwóch parafiach. Obejmą swój urząd 1 lipca |url=https://archwwa.pl/aktualnosci/nowi-proboszczowie-w-dwoch-parafiach-obejma-swoj-urzad-1-lipca/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=archwwa.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Ursynów]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches in Warsaw]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 2000]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Poland]]
[[Category:Romanesque Revival architecture in Poland]]
[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Poland]]