Diocese of Siedlce

Dioecesis Siedlecensis

Diecezja Siedlecka
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Siedlce
Location
CountryPoland
Ecclesiastical provinceLublin
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Lublin
Statistics
Area11,440 km2 (4,420 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2020)
705,250
695,940 (98.7%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralKatedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP
(Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopKazimierz Gurda
Metropolitan ArchbishopStanisław Budzik
Auxiliary BishopsGrzegorz Suchodolski
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Siedlce (Latin: 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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