Diocese of Łomża
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| Country | Poland |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Białystok |
| Diocesan bishop | Janusz Stepnowski |
| Auxiliary bishop | Tadeusz Bronakowski |
| Vicar General | Tadeusz Bronakowski |
| founding | March 16, 1799 |
| surface | 11,500 km² |
| Dean's offices | 24 (2014) |
| Parishes | 183 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 522,801 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 518,458 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 99.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 490 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 999 |
| Friars | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 128 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Polish |
| cathedral | St. Michael Cathedral |
| Website | www.diecezja.lomza.pl |
The Diocese of Łomża ( Latin : Dioecesis Lomzensis , Polish : Diecezja łomżyńska ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland with the bishopric in Łomża .
Geographical location
The diocese of Łomża borders in the north with the diocese of Warmia and the diocese of Ełk , in the east with the archbishopric Białystok , in the south with the diocese Warsaw-Praga and the diocese Drohiczyn and in the west with the diocese Płock . On March 25, 1992, the diocese and the Drohiczyn diocese were placed under the Białystok metropolitan diocese as a suffragan diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Totus Tuus Poloniae populus .
history
As the diocese of Wigry on March 25, 1798 by Pope Pius VI. erected, it was renamed Sejny / Augustów by papal decree of June 30, 1818.
On October 28, 1925, on the basis of the state treaty concluded with the Soviet Union ( Peace Treaty of Riga ) on March 18, 1921, Sejny was dissolved and the diocese of Łomża was newly created.
In January 2009 Sejny was reactivated as a titular bishopric , whose first titular archbishop was Jan Romeo Pawłowski , Apostolic Nuncio of the Republic of the Congo and Gabon on March 18, 2009 . On December 13, 2014, the original Wigry bishopric was also given to the Katowice auxiliary bishop Marek Szkudło as the titular seat .
Dean's offices
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Bishopric patron
- St. Brun von Querfurt March 9th
- St. Andrzej Bobola May 16
are also especially venerated:
- Sel. Marianna Biernacka
- Sel. Adam Bargielski
- Sel. Michał Piaszczyński
They were beatified on June 13, 1999 together with 108 martyrs of World War II in Warsaw.
See also
- List of the Bishops of Łomża
- List of auxiliary bishops in Łomża
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
- Roman Catholic Church in Poland
Web links
- Official website (Polish)
- Entry on the Diocese of Łomża on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
