Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg

Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Dioecesis Coslinensis-Colubreganus Diecezja Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeska
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Koszalin
Location
Country	Poland
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień
Metropolitan	Szczecin-Kamień
Statistics
Area	14,640 km2 (5,650 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 925,000 910,900 (98.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	28 June 1972
Cathedral	Katedra pw. Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny in Koszalin
Co-cathedral	Bazylika Konkatedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny in Kołobrzegu
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Edward Dajczak
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrzej Dzięga
Auxiliary Bishops	Krzysztof Zadarko
Bishops emeritus	Tadeusz Werno (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus), Paweł Cieślik (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus)
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Template:Lang-la) is a diocese located in the cities of Koszalin and Kołobrzeg in the Ecclesiastical province of Szczecin-Kamień in Poland. According to the Polish Institute of the Catholic Church Statistics, weekly mass attendance was 25% in 2013 making the diocese the second least devoutly religious one in Poland after the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.

History

• June 28, 1972: Established as Diocese of Koszalin – Kołobrzeg from the Diocese of Berlin, Germany

Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Kołobrzeg

An earlier diocese in the same place was the short-lived medieval diocese of Kołobrzeg (1000-~1005) with its only bishop Reinbern.

Leadership

• Bishops of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż (1972.06.28 – 1992.02.01)
  • Bishop Czesław Domin (1992.02.01 – 1996.03.15)
  • Archbishop Marian Gołębiewski (1996.07.20 – 2004.04.03)
  • Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz (2004.06.09 – 2007.03.03)
  • Bishop Edward Dajczak (since 2007.06.23)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website