Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce
Diocese of Kielce
Dioecesis Kielcensis
Location
Country Poland
Metropolitan Kraków
Statistics
Area 8,319 km2 (3,212 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics
(as of 2006)
796,246
774,142 (90.5%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Marii Panny
(Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
)
Current leadership
Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan
Auxiliary Bishop Marian Florczyk & Kazimierz Gurda

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce (Latin: Kielcen(sis)) is an diocese located in the city of Kielce in the Ecclesiastical province of Kraków in Poland.

Contents

History

  • 1805: Established as Diocese of Kielce from the Diocese of Kraków
  • 1818: Suppressed
  • December 28, 1882: Restored as Diocese of Kielce

Special churches

Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica
  • Minor Basilicas:
    • Bazylika Groby Bożego, Miechów
    • Bazylika Matki Bożej Anielskiej, Dąbrowie Górniczej
    • Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica
      (Basilica of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary )

Leadership

  • Bishops of Kielce (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Wojciech Gorski (1805.06.261818.02.01)
    • Bishop Tommaso Teofilo Kulinski (1883.03.15 – ?)
    • Bishop Agostino Losinski (1910.04.261937.03.03)
    • Bishop Czeslaw Kaczmarek (1938.05.241963.08.26)
    • Bishop Jan Jaroszewicz (1967.03.201980.04.17)
    • Archbishop Stanisław Szymecki (1981.03.271993.05.15)
    • Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan (1993.07.17)

See also

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