Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce

Diocese of Siedlce Dioecesis Siedlecensis Diecezja Siedlecka
250px Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Siedlce
Location
Country	Poland
Ecclesiastical province	Lublin
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Lublin
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 736,014 724,675 (98.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Kazimierz Gurda
Metropolitan Archbishop	Stanisław Budzik
Auxiliary Bishops	Piotr Henryk Sawczuk
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce (Latin: Siedlecen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Siedlce in the Ecclesiastical province of Lublin in Poland.

History

• June 30, 1818: Established as Diocese of Podlachia
• 1867: Suppressed to Diocese of Lublin
• 1918: Restored as Diocese of Podlachia
• October 28, 1925: Renamed as Diocese of Siedlce

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika św. Anny (Sanktuarium Maryjne), Kodeń
    (Basilica of St. Ann)
  • Bazylika św. Jana Chrzciciela Sanktuarium Maryjne, Parczew
    ( Basilica of St. John the Baptist)
  • Sanktuarium Maryjne, Leśna Podlaska

Leadership

• Bishops of Siedlce (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Kazimierz Gurda (since 2014.05.24)
  • Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski (2002.03.28 - 2014.04.16)
  • Bishop Jan Wiktor Nowak (1996.03.25 – 2002.03.25)
  • Bishop Jan Mazur (1968.10.24 – 1996.03.25)
  • Bishop Ignacy Świrski (1946.04.12 – 1968.03.25)
  • Bishop Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki (1925.10.28 – 1939.05.09)
• Bishops of Podlachia (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki (1918.09.24 – 1925.10.28)
  • Bishop Piotr Paweł Beniamin Szymański (1856.09.18 – 1867)
  • Bishop Jan Marceli Gutkowski (1826.07.03 – 1842.05.19)
  • Bishop Feliks Łukasz Lewiński (1819.03.29 – 1825.04.05)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website