Diocese of Sandomierz

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Diocese of Sandomierz
Basic data
Country Poland
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Lublin
Diocesan bishop Krzysztof Nitkiewicz
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Edward Frankowski
Vicar General Edward Frankowski
founding 1818
surface 7,850 km²
Dean's offices 25 (23/12/2008)
Parishes 241 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Residents 723,600 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics 703.200 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
proportion of 97.2%
Diocesan priest 591 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Religious priest 63 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics per priest 1,075
Friars 72 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Religious sisters 386 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Polish
cathedral Bazylika Katedralna pw.Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
Co-cathedral Bazylika Mniejsza Konkatedra pod wezwaniem Matki Bożej Królowej Polski
address ul.Katedralna 1
27-600 Sandomierz
Polska
Website www.diecezjasandomierska.pl

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandomierz ( lat. : Dioecesis Sandomiriensis , Polish. : Diecezja Sandomierska ) is one in Poland situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Sandomierz .

history

Cathedral of the Nativity in Sandomierz

The diocese of Sandomierz was established on June 30, 1818 by Pope Pius VII with the papal bull Ex imposita nobis and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Warsaw as a suffragan .

On October 3, 1981, the name of the Diocese of Sandomierz was changed to the Diocese of Sandomierz-Radom .

On March 25, 1992, the diocese of Sandomierz-Radom Pope was John Paul II. With the Apostolic Constitution Totus Tuus Poloniae populus in the dioceses of Sandomierz and Radom divided and the Diocese of Sandomierz now the Archdiocese of Lublin as suffragan assumed.

Dean's offices

Bishopric patron

See also

Web links

Commons : Churches in the Diocese of Sandomierz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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