Bielsko-Żywiec diocese
| Bielsko-Żywiec diocese | |
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| Country | Poland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ecclesiastical Province of Krakow |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Krakow |
| Diocesan bishop | Roman Pindel |
| Auxiliary bishop | Piotr Greger |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Tadeusz Rakoczy |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Janusz Edmund Zimniak |
| Vicar General | Piotr Greger |
| founding | 1992 |
| surface | 3,000 km² |
| Dean's offices | 23 (2018) |
| Parishes | 210 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 770,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 680,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 88.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 525 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 121 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,053 |
| Friars | 136 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 450 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Polish |
| cathedral | St. Nicholas Cathedral |
| Co-cathedral | Co-cathedral of the Nativity of Mary |
| Website | www.diecezja.bielsko.pl |
The bishopric of Bielsko-Żywiec ( Latin: Dioecesis Bielscensis-Zyviecensis , Polish: Diecezja bielsko-żywiecka ) is a Polish diocese of the Roman Catholic Church with its seat in Bielsko-Biała ( German Bielitz ). It comprised the larger, western part of the former Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship , now the Powiate Bielski , Cieszyński and Żywiecki in the southern Silesian Voivodeship , as well as Powiat Oświęcimski in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship .
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history
From the early Middle Ages, the river Biała ( Bialka in German ) between the cities of Bielsko and Biała was the border between the dioceses of Wroclaw and Krakow .
Pope John Paul II founded the diocese on March 25, 1992 with the Apostolic Constitution Totus tuus Poloniae populus from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Katowice and the Archdiocese of Krakow , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Bielsko-Żywiec
- Tadeusz Rakoczy , 1992-2013
- Roman Pindel , since 2013
Dean's offices
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Bishopric patron
- Maximilian Kolbe August 14th
- Jan Sarkander May 30th
- John of Krakow October 20th
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Bielsko-Żywiec diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Bielsko-Bistywiec on gcatholic.org (English)
