Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce

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Diocese of Kielce
Dioecesis Kielcensis
Statistics
Country: Poland
Metropolitan: Kraków
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 8,319 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
796,246 (2006)
774,142 (90.5%)
Cathedral: Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Marii Panny
(Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Ordinaries
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.

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[edit] History

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

[edit] Special Churches

Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica
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 )

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Kielce (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan (since 1993.07.17)
    • Archbishop Stanisław Szymecki (1981.03.27 – 1993.05.15)
    • Bishop Jan Jaroszewicz (1967.03.20 – 1980.04.17)
    • Bishop Czeslaw Kaczmarek (1938.05.24 – 1963.08.26)
    • Bishop Agostino Losinski (1910.04.26 – 1937.03.03)
    • Bishop Tommaso Teofilo Kulinski (1883.03.15 – ?)
    • Bishop Wojciech Gorski (1805.06.26 – 1818.02.01)

[edit] See also

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