Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec

Diocese of Sosnowiec Dioecesis Sosnoviensis Diecezja Sosnowiecka
Cathedral of the Assumption in Sosnowiec
Location
Country	Poland
Metropolitan	Częstochowa
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 730,000 719,000 (98.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite (Roman Rite)
Cathedral	Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Grzegorz Kaszak
Metropolitan Archbishop	Wacław Depo
Auxiliary Bishops	Piotr Skucha
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec is a diocese located in the city of Sosnowiec in the Ecclesiastical province of Częstochowa in Poland. As of 2013 weekly Sunday mass attendance was 27.5%, up from 27.4% in the previous year.

History

• March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Sosnowiec from Diocese of Częstochowa, Diocese of Kielce and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika Matki Boskiej Anielskiej, Dąbrowa Górnicza
  • Bazylika św. Andrzeja Apostoła in Olkusz
    (St. Andrew the Apostle)
  • Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Sosnowiec
    (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Leadership

• Bishops of Sosnowiec (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Adam Śmigielski (1992−2008)
  • Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak (since 2009)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

Source

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website