Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandomierz

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandomierz
Diocese of Sandomierz
Dioecesis Sandomiriensis
Location
Country Poland
Metropolitan Lublin
Statistics
Area 7,850 km2 (3,030 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
727,495
704,270 (97.2%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Bazylika Katedralna pw. Narodzenia
Najświętszej Maryi Panny
(Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Co-cathedral Bazylika Mniejsza Konkatedra pod wezwaniem
Matki Bożej Królowej Polski in Stalowa Wola
(Co-Cathedral Basilica of Mary Queen of Poland)
Current leadership
Bishop Krzysztof Nitkiewicz
Auxiliary Bishop Edward Marian Frankowski

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandomierz (Latin: Sandomirien(sis)) is an diocese located in the city of Sandomierz in the Ecclesiastical province of Lublin in Poland.

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History

  • June 30, 1818: Established as Diocese of Sandomierz
  • October 3, 1981: Renamed as Diocese of Sandomierz – Radom
  • March 25, 1992: Renamed as Diocese of Sandomierz
Sandomierz Cathedral

Leadership

  • Bishops of Sandomierz (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Krzysztof Nitkiewicz (2009.06.13 – ...)
    • Bishop Andrzej Dzięga (2002.10.07 – 2009.02.21)
    • Bishop Wacław Świerzawski ( 1992.03.25 – 2002.10.07)
  • Bishops of Sandomierz – Radom (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Edward Henryk Materski (1981.03.06 – 1992.03.25)
  • Bishops of Sandomierz (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Piotr Gołębiewski (Apostolic Administrator 1968.02.20 – 1980.11.02)
    • Bishop Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. (1946.03.12 – 1967.01.04)
    • Bishop Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. (Apostolic Administrator 1936.04.26 – 1946.03.12)
    • Archbishop Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński (1930.08.21 – 1934.11.30)
    • Bishop Marian Józef Ryx (1910.04.07 – 1930.06.03)
    • Bishop Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz (1902.09.02 – 1908.01.04)
    • Bishop Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz (1883.03.15 – 1901.05.03)
    • Bishop Józef Michał Juszyński (1859.04.16 – 1880.11.24)
    • Bishop Józef Joachim Goldtmann (1844.01.25 – 1852.03.27)
    • Bishop Nominat Klemens Bąkiewicz (1840.08.09 – 1842.01.02)
    • Bishop Nominat Klemens Bąkiewicz (Apostolic Administrator 1831 – 1840.08.09)
    • Bishop Adam Prosper Burzyński (1819.10.05 – 1830.09.09)
    • Archbishop Szczepan Hołowczyc (1819.07.06 – 1819)

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