Diocese of Warsaw-Praga
Diocese of Warsaw-Praga | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Poland |
Ecclesiastical province | Warsaw |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Warsaw |
Diocesan bishop | Romuald Kamiński |
Auxiliary bishop | Marek Solarczyk |
Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Kazimierz Romaniuk Henryk Hoser SAC |
founding | 1992 |
surface | 3,300 km² |
Dean's offices | 21 () |
Parishes | 198 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 1,398,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 1,104,871 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 79% |
Diocesan priest | 472 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 257 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,516 |
Friars | 265 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 1,337 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Polish |
cathedral | Bazyrlika Katedralna św. Michała Archanioła i św. Floriana Męczennika |
Co-cathedral | Konkatedra Matki Boskiej Zwycięskiej |
Website | www.diecezja.waw.pl |
The Diocese of Warsaw-Praga ( Latin Dioecesis Varsaviensis-Pragensis , Polish Diecezja warszawsko-Praska ) is in Poland located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Praga , eastern district of Warsaw .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Totus tuus Poloniae populus on March 25, 1992 from cessions of territory from the diocese of Płock and the Archdiocese of Warsaw , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Warsaw Praga
- 1992-2004 Kazimierz Romaniuk
- 2004–2008 Sławoj Leszek Głódź
- 2008-2017 Henryk Hoser SAC
- since 2017 Romuald Kamiński
Auxiliary Bishops in Warsaw-Praga
- 1992–2011 Stanisław Kędziora , Titular Bishop of Tucci
- since 2011 Marek Solarczyk , Titular Bishop of Hólar
Diocese patroness
- Matka Boża Zwycięska - Mary of Victory
Web links
Commons : Churches in the Diocese of Warszawa-Praga - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on the Diocese of Warsaw-Praga on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Warsaw-Praga on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual proof
- ↑ https://diecezja.waw.pl/dekanaty , accessed on May 15, 2019