Bydgoszcz diocese

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Bydgoszcz diocese
Basic data
Country Poland
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Gniezno
Diocesan bishop Jan Tyrawa
Vicar General Bronislaw Kaczmarek
founding 2004
surface 5,200 km²
Parishes 149 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Residents 620,000 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics 580,000 (2015 / AP 2016 )
proportion of 93.5%
Diocesan priest 290 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious priest 99 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics per priest 1,491
Friars 117 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious sisters 131 (2015 / AP 2016 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Polish
cathedral Katedra św. Marcina i Mikołaja
address Kuria Diecezjalna ul.Ks.
Malczewskiego 1
85-104 Bydgoszcz
Polska
Website www.diecezja.bydgoszcz.pl

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bydgoszcz ( lat. : Dioecesis Bydgostiensis , Polish. : Diecezja Bydgoska ) is one in Poland situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Bydgoszcz ( German Bromberg ).

Cathedral in Bydgoszcz

history

The Diocese of Bydgoszcz (German: Bromberg) was established on February 24, 2004 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Dilectorum Poloniae fidelium from cedings of the dioceses of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg and Pelplin and the Archdiocese of Gniezno and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Gniezno as a suffragan diocese.

First Bishop was January Tyrawa .

Dean's offices

  • Białe Błota (Weißfelde)
  • Bydgoszcz I (Północ)
  • Bydgoszcz II (Śródmieście)
  • Bydgoszcz III (Południe)
  • Bydgoszcz IV (Wyżyny)
  • Bydgoszcz V (Fordon)
  • Bydgoszcz VI (Bartodzieje)
  • Kcynia (Exin)
  • Łabiszyn (Labishin)
Our Lady of the Rose

Bishopric patron

  • Matka Boża Pięknej Miłości - Our Lady of the Rose (Bydgoszcz Cathedral)
  • Sel. Michał Kozal - June 14th

See also

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Bydgoszcz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Dilectorum Poloniae fidelium , AAS 96 (1004), n.5 , p. 254f.