Diocese of Rzeszów
Diocese of Rzeszów | |
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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 .
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
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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
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)