Diocese of Kalisz

Diocese of Kalisz
Basic data
Country	Poland
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Poznan
Diocesan bishop	Edward Janiak
Apostolic Administrator	Grzegorz Ryś
Auxiliary bishop	Łukasz Buzun OSPPE
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Stanisław Napierała
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus	Teofil Wilski
founding	1992
surface	10,800 km²
Parishes	282 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	736.160 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	732.100 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	99.4%
Diocesan priest	500 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	80 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	1,262
Friars	83 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	424 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Polish
cathedral	Katedra św. Mikołaja
Co-cathedral	Konkatedra św. Stanisława
Website	www.diecezja.kalisz.pl

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalisz ( lat. : Dioecesis Calissiensis , Polish. : Diecezja Kaliska ) is one in Poland situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kalisz ( German Kalisch ).

history

The diocese of Kalisz was established on March 25, 1992 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Totus Tuus Poloniae populus from cedings of the dioceses of Częstochowa , Opole and Włocławek as well as the archbishoprics of Wroclaw , Gniezno and Posen and subordinated to the Archbishopric of Posen as a suffragan .

Dean's offices (as of 2018)

St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kalisz (German: Kalisch)

St. Stanislaus co-cathedral in Ostrów Wielkopolski (Ostrowo)

• Błaszki (Schwarzau)
• Bolesławiec
• Bralin
• Czermin
• Dobrzyca
• Gołuchów
• Grabów
• Jarocin (Jarotschin)
• Kalisz (Kalisch) I
• Kalisz II
• Kępno (Kempen)
• Koźminek
• Krotoszyn (Krotoschin)
• Lututów
• Mikstat (Mixstadt)
• Odolanów (Adelnau)
• Ołobok
• Opatówek
• Ostrów (Ostrowo) I
• Ostrów II
• Ostrzeszów (Schildberg)
• Pleszew (Pleschen)
• Raszków (Raschkow)
• Stawiszyn
• Syców (Groß Wartenberg)
• Trzcinica (Strenze)
• Twardogóra (Festenberg)
• Wieruszów (Weruschau)
• Wołczyn (Konstadt)
• Zduny
• Żerków
• Złoczew

Bishops

• 1992–2012 Stanisław Napierała
• since 2012 Edward Janiak

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in Poland

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Kalisz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Polish)
• Entry on the Diocese of Kalisz on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
• St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kalisz (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Totus Tuus Poloniae populus , AAS 84 (1992), n.3, pp. 1099-1112.