Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce
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Diocese of Kielce
Dioecesis Kielcensis
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Assumption Cathedral in Kielce
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Location | |
Country | Poland |
Metropolitan | Kraków |
Statistics | |
Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 796,246 774,142 (90.5%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jan Piotrowski |
Auxiliary Bishops | Marian Florczyk |
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.
History
- 1805: Established as Diocese of Kielce from the Diocese of Kraków
- 1818: Suppressed
- December 28, 1882: Restored as Diocese of Kielce
Special churches
- 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 Górski (1805.06.26 – 1818.02.01)
- Bishop Tommaso Teofilo Kuliński (1883.03.15 – 1907.01.08)
- Bishop Agostino Łosiński (1910.04.26 – 1937.03.03)
- Bishop Czesław Kaczmarek (1938.05.24 – 1963.08.26)
- Bishop Jan Jaroszewicz (1967.03.20 – 1980.04.17)
- Archbishop Stanisław Szymecki (1981.03.27 – 1993.05.15)
- Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan (1993.07.17 - 2014.10.11)
- Bishop Jan Piotrowski (since 2014.10.11)
See also
Sources
Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Kielce. |
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