Katowice Diocese
The diocese of Katowice (Polish: diecezja katowicka) is one of six dioceses of the Polish Evangelical-Augsburg, d. H. Lutheran Church . The official seat is in Katowice .
Geographical location
The diocese is located in the south of Poland and extends in the east to the border with Ukraine , in the south to the border with the Czech Republic , borders in the west on the diocese of Wroclaw, in the north on the dioceses of Pomerania-Greater Poland and Warsaw . With the exception of Cieszyn Silesia in the south, which forms the diocese of Cieszyn , the diocese of Katowice includes the Polish voivodeships of Silesia , Opole , Lesser Poland and Subcarpathian .
structure
bishop
The diocesan bishop is the spiritual director of the diocese . He is also the spiritual head of the 32 pastors of the diocese, who are active in 41 parishes and also across parishes.
Official
- Robert Fiszkal, 1946–1950
- Alfred Hauptman, 1950–1981
- Rudolf Pastucha , 1981-2002
- Tadeusz Szurman , 2002-2014
- Marian Niemiec , since 2014
Diocesan Council
The bishop forms the diocesan council with the diocesan curator, the clergy and the diocesan council.
Diocesan Synod
The highest decision-making body is the diocesan synod , to which all parishes send their delegates. In addition, the diocese is represented by members of the Synod of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland .
Church office
The central office of the diocese was in Chorzów until 1950 , then in Zabrze until 1981 and in Bytom -Miechowice until 2002 . Since 2002 it has been located at ul. Warszawska 18 in 40-006 Katowice, not far from the Church of the Resurrection .
Parishes / parishes
In the diocese there are 41 parishes (with a parish seat) and 27 subsidiary parishes, which have a total of 62 churches and 34 chapels:
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Brzeg (Brieg)
- with Karczów (Schönwitz) , Nysa (Neiße) and Lewin Brzeski (Löwen)
- Bytom ( Bytom )
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Chorzów (King's Hut)
- with the Elisabeth branch church in Chorzów
- Czerwionka
- Częstochowa (Czestochowa)
- Gliwice (Gliwice)
- Golasowice (Golassowitz)
- Gołkowice (Golkowitz)
- Hołdunów (Anhalt)
- Jastrzębie-Zdrój (King's Village)
- Katowice
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Kluczbork (Kreuzburg)
- with Bąków (Bankau) , Gorzów Śląski (Landsberg) , Grabie (Heinrichsfelde) , Maciejów (Matzdorf) and Nasale - Roszkowice (Nassadel-Roschkowitz)
- Krakow
- Laryszów
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Lasowice Wielkie (Oberwalden)
- with Lasowice Małe (Schloßwalden) , Olesno (Rosenberg) , Fosowskie (Vosswalde) and in Zawadzkie (Andreashütte)
- Lubienie
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Miechowice (Miechowitz / Mechtal)
- with Bobrek
- Mikołów (Nikolai)
- Mysłowice (Myslowitz)
- Nowy Sącz - Stadła (New Sandez)
- Opole
- Orzesze (Orzesche)
- Pokój (Carlsruhe)
- Pszczyna (Pless)
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Pyskowice (Peiskretscham)
- with Wielowieś (Langendorf)
- Racibórz (Ratibor)
- Rybnik
- Siemianowice (Siemianowitz / Laurahütte)
- Sosnowiec (Sosnowitz)
- Studzionka
- Szopienice (Schoppinitz / Rosdzin)
- Ściborzyce Wielkie (Steubendorf)
- Świętochłowice (Schwientochlowitz)
- Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz)
- Tychy (Tichau)
- Warszowice (Warschowitz)
- Wirek (Antonienhütte)
- Wodzisław Śląski (Loslau)
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Wołczyn (Konstadt)
- with Byczyna (Pitschen) , Gierałcice and Paruszowice (Baumgarten)
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Zabrze (Hindenburg)
- with Zabrze-Mikulczyce (Mikultschütz) , Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin-Cosel)
- Żory (Sohrau)
literature
- Dzieło łaski Boga. Diecezja Katowicka Kościoła Ewangelicko-Augsburskiego w RP (historia i współczesność), (Diocese of Katowice of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland), publishing house "Głos Życia", Katowice 2003.
