Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce explained
Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Siedlce |
Latin: | Dioecesis Siedlecensis |
Local: | Diecezja Siedlecka |
Country: | Poland |
Province: | Lublin |
Metropolitan: | Archdiocese of Lublin |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Cathedral: | Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary) |
Area Km2: | 11,440 |
Population: | 705,250 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Catholics: | 695,940 |
Catholics Percent: | 98.7 |
Bishop: | Kazimierz Gurda |
Metro Archbishop: | Stanisław Budzik |
Auxiliary Bishops: | Grzegorz Suchodolski |
Website: | Website of the Diocese |
Map: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce location map.svg |
The Diocese of Siedlce (la|Siedlecen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. Its episcopal see is Siedlce. The Diocese of Siedlce is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin.
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
- 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
Sources
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