Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce

Diocese of Kielce Dioecesis Kielcensis
Location
Country	Poland
Metropolitan	Kraków
Statistics
Area	8,319 km2 (3,212 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 796,246 774,142 (90.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Current leadership
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.

History

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

Special churches

Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica

• 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 )

Leadership

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

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland
• The Lesser Polish Way

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website