Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce

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Diocese of Kielce
Dioecesis Kielcensis

Statistics
Country:	Poland
Metropolitan:	Kraków
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	8,319 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	796,246 (2006) 774,142 (90.5%)
Cathedral:	Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Kazimierz Ryczan
Auxiliary Bishop:	Marian Florczyk & Kazimierz Gurda

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce {Latin: Kielcen(sis) } is an diocese located in the city of Kielce in the Ecclesiastical province of Kraków in Poland.

Contents 1 History 2 Special Churches 3 Leadership 4 See also 5 Source

[edit] History

• 1805: Established as Diocese of Kielce from the Diocese of Kraków
• 1818: Suppressed
• December 28, 1882: Restored as Diocese of Kielce

[edit] Special Churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika Groby Bożego, Miechów
  • Bazylika Matki Bożej Anielskiej, Dąbrowie Górniczej
  • Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica
    (Basilica of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary )

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Kielce (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan (since 1993.07.17)
  • Archbishop Stanisław Szymecki (1981.03.27 – 1993.05.15)
  • Bishop Jan Jaroszewicz (1967.03.20 – 1980.04.17)
  • Bishop Czeslaw Kaczmarek (1938.05.24 – 1963.08.26)
  • Bishop Agostino Losinski (1910.04.26 – 1937.03.03)
  • Bishop Tommaso Teofilo Kulinski (1883.03.15 – ?)
  • Bishop Wojciech Gorski (1805.06.26 – 1818.02.01)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website