Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamość–Lubaczów explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Zamość-Lubaczów
Latin:Dioecesis Zamosciensis-Lubaczoviensis
Local:Diecezja Zamojsko-Lubaczowska
Province:Przemyśl
Country:Poland
Metropolitan:Archdiocese of Przemyśl
Established:3 June 1991
Rite:Latin Rite
Cathedral:Katedra Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego
i św. Tomasza Apostoła, Zamość
(Cathedral of the Resurrection
and St. Thomas the Apostle
)
Cocathedral:Konkatedra św. Stanisława, Lubaczów
(Co-Cathedral Shrine of St. Stanislaus)
Area Km2:8,144
Population:471,000
Population As Of:2020
Catholics:457,000
Catholics Percent:97
Metro Archbishop:Adam Szal
Auxiliary Bishops:Mariusz Leszczyński
Emeritus Bishops:Jan Śrutwa
Website:Website of the Diocese
Denomination:Catholic Church

The Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów (Latin: Dioecesis Zamosciensis-Lubaczoviensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of Przemyśl in Poland.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Katedra Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego i św. Tomasza Apostoła, a World Heritage Site dedicated to Resurrection and the St. Thomas the Apostle, in the city of Zamość, Lubelskie. It also has

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 462,586 Catholics (94.9% of 487,500 total) on 8,144 km² in 185 parishes and 4 missions with 478 priests (451 diocesan, 27 religious), 173 lay religious (27 brothers, 146 sisters) and 45 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Zamość-Lubaczów

See also

Sources and external links

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