Diocese of Rzeszów

Diocese of Rzeszów
Basic data
Country	Poland
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Przemyśl
Diocesan bishop	Jan Franciszek Wątroba
Auxiliary bishop	Edward Białogłowski
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Kazimierz Górny
Vicar General	Edward Białogłowski
founding	1992
surface	6,000 km²
Parishes	245 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents	608,378 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics	600,852 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of	98.8%
Diocesan priest	650 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest	120 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest	780
Friars	128 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters	335 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Polish
cathedral	Katedra Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa
Website	www.diecezja.rzeszow.pl

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rzeszów ( lat. : Dioecesis Rzeszoviensis , Polish. : Diecezja Rzeszowska ) is one in Poland situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Rzeszow .

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Rzeszów

history

The diocese of Rzeszów was established on March 25, 1992 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Totus Tuus Poloniae populus from territories of the Archdiocese of Przemyśl and the Diocese of Tarnów , stretches from Gorlice and Nowy Żmigród in the south and Kolbuszowa and Sokołów Małopolski in the north and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Przemyśl as a suffragan .

First Bishop was Kazimierz Górny .

Dean's offices

Biecz Boguchwała Brzostek Czudec Dębowiec Frysztak Gorlice Głogów Małopolski Jasło - Wschód Jasło - Zachód Kolbuszowa - Wschód Kolbuszowa - Zachód Nowy Żmigród

Ropczyce Rzeszów - Fara Rzeszów - Cathedral Rzeszów - Północ Rzeszów - Południe Rzeszów - Wschód Rzeszów - Zachód Sędziszów Małopolski Sokołów Małopolski Strzyżów Tyczyn Wielopole Skrzyńskie

Bishopric patron

• St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar , January 19th
• Sel. Karolina Kózka , November 18th

especially revered too

• St. Władysław Findysz , 23 August
• Stanisław Kołodziej , martyr ( Dachau concentration camp )
• Kazimierz Wojciechowski , martyr ( Auschwitz concentration camp )

See also

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

Web links

Commons : Churches in the Rzeszów Diocese  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (Polish)
• Entry on the diocese of Rzeszów on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)

Individual evidence

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