Direct surveillance over the University on behalf of Church authorities is performed by Great Chancellor of John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, namely by Archbishop of the Lublin Metropoly.
1918 - 1945 Bishop Marian Fulman
1946 - 1948 Bishop Stefan Wyszyński
1949 - 1974 Bishop Piotr Kałwa
1974 - 1997 Archbishop Bolesław Pylak
1997 - 2011 Archbishop Józef Życiński
