Diocese of Łowicz
Diocese of Łowicz | |
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Country | Poland |
Ecclesiastical province | Łódź |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Łódź |
Diocesan bishop | Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba |
Auxiliary bishop | Wojciech Tomasz Osial |
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Józef Zawitkowski |
Vicar General | Józef Zawitkowski |
founding | 1992 |
surface | 5,806 km² |
Dean's offices | 21 (12/24/2008) |
Parishes | 167 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 605,308 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 604,685 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 99.9% |
Diocesan priest | 311 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 69 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,591 |
Friars | 73 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 366 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Polish |
cathedral | Bazylika Archikatedralna Świętego Stanisława Kostki |
Website | www.diecezja.lowicz.pl |
The Diocese of Łowicz ( Latin Dioecesis Lovicensis , Polish diecezja Łowicka ) is in Poland located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Łowicz ( German Lowitsch ).
history
The diocese is one of the youngest Polish dioceses. It was founded during the restructuring of the Catholic Church in Poland by the Apostolic Constitution Totus Tuus Poloniae Populus of March 25, 1992 from areas of the Archdiocese of Warsaw , the Archdiocese of Łódź and the Diocese of Płock . The cathedral was elevated to a minor basilica on the occasion of a visit by Pope John Paul II in 1999 .
Ordinaries
Bishops
- 1992-2004 Alojzy Orszulik SAC
- since 2004 Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba
Auxiliary bishop
- 1992–2013 Józef Zawitkowski
- since 2015 Wojciech Tomasz Osial
Dean's offices
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Bishopric patron
- St. Victoria of Rome , December 18th / November 11th
- Sel. Honorat Koźmiński , December 16 / October 13
especially revered too
- St. Maximilian Kolbe , August 14th
- St. Stanislaus Papczyński , September 17th
- Sel. Bolesława Maria Lament , January 29th
- Sel. Franziska Siedliska , November 21
- Sel. Marcelina Darowska , January 5th
- Sel. Michał Wożniak
- Sel. Michael Oziębłowski
- Sel. Franciszek Drzewiecki
- Sel. Florian Stępniak
They were beatified on June 13, 1999 together with 108 martyrs of World War II in Warsaw.
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Łowicz - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (Polish)
- Entry on the Diocese of Łowicz on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)