Diocese of Opole
| Diocese of Opole | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Poland |
| Diocesan bishop | Andrzej Czaja |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Paweł Stobrawa Rudolf Pierskała |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Alfons Nossol |
| Vicar General | Helmut Sobeczko |
| founding | 1972 |
| surface | 8,033 km² |
| Dean's offices | 36 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Parishes | 399 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 820,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 794,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 96.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 653 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 147 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 993 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 190 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 638 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Polish , German |
| cathedral | Holy Cross, Opole |
| Website | www.diecezja.opole.pl/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole ( lat .: Dioecesis Opoliensis , Polish. : Diecezja opolska ) is in Poland located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , stretching to the western part of Upper Silesia covers and based in Opole (German Opole ) has.
history
The territory of today's diocese of Opole was - with the exception of the area around Głubczyce , which belonged to the Archdiocese of Olomouc - historically part of the diocese of Wroclaw .
After the Second World War, the Polish primate August Cardinal Hlond divided the diocese area now under Polish administration into three apostolic administrations , including Opole.
Eventually Pope Paul VI established with the Apostolic Constitution Episcoporum Poloniae coetus on June 28, 1972 from the Apostolic Administration Opole, the diocese of Opole and assigned it as a suffragan bishopric of the ecclesiastical province of Wroclaw.
With the Apostolic Constitution Totus tuus Poloniae populus of March 25, 1992, Pope John Paul II rearranged the church structure in Poland, so that parts of the territory of the Diocese of Opole were separated to form the dioceses of Gliwice and Kalisz and the Diocese of Opole as a suffragan from the Archdiocese of Katowice , Ecclesiastical Province of Katowice was assigned.
Dean's offices
- Opole
- Branice (Branitz)
- Friedrichsthal
- Głubczyce (Leobschütz)
- Głuchołazy (goat neck)
- Gorzów Śląski (Landsberg)
- Gościęcin (Kostenthal)
- Grodków (Grottkau)
- Big stone
- Hello
- Kędzierzyn (Kandrzin)
- Kietrz (Katscher)
- Kluczbork (Kreuzburg)
- Koźle (Cosel)
- Krapkowice (Krappitz)
- Leschnitz
- Lohnau
- Niemodlin (Falkenberg)
- Nysa (Neisse)
- Upper Logau
- Olesno (Rosenberg)
- Opole-Szczepanowice (Oppeln-Sczepanowitz)
- Otmuchów (Ottmachau)
- Ozimek (Malapane)
- Paczków (Patschkau)
- Pietrowice Wielkie (Groß Peterwitz)
- Proskau
- Prudnik (New Town)
- Racibórz (Ratibor)
- Siołkowice (Schalkowitz)
- Skoroszyce (Friedewalde)
- Strzelce Opolskie (Groß Strehlitz)
- Tworków (Tworkau)
- Ujest (Ujazd)
- Zawadzkie (Zawadzki)
- Zülz
Bishops
Opole Jurisdiction
- 1945–1951 Bolesław Kominek , administrator
- 1951–1956 Emil Kobierzycki , vicar capitular
- 1956–1972 Franciszek Jop , titular bishop, administrator since 1967
Diocese of Opole
- 1972–1976 Franciszek Jop
- 1976–2009 Alfons Nossol (since 1999 Archbishop ad personam )
- since 2009 Andrzej Czaja
Auxiliary bishops
- (1958–1984) Wacław Wycisk, titular bishop of Caesarea in Numidia
- (1970–1989) Antoni Adamiuk, titular bishop of Ala Miliaria
- (1981–1992) Jan Wieczorek, titular bishop of Thimida Regia
- (1985–1992) Gerard Kusz, titular bishop of Tagarbala
- (1985–2009) Jan Bagiński , Titular Bishop of Tagarata
- (1993–2011) Jan Copyc , Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus
- since 2003 Paweł Stobrawa, Titular Bishop of Aeca
- since 2013 Rudolf Pierskała , Titular Bishop of Semina
Bishopric patron
Church institutions
Important churches
In the diocese of Opole, two churches have the rank of minor basilica :
- The Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Opole (since 1934)
- The pilgrimage church of St. Anna on St. Annaberg (since 1980)
Web links
- Official website of the Diocese of Opole (Polish)
- Entry on the Diocese of Opole on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paulus Episcopus servus servorum Dei ad perpetuam rei memoriam : Constitutio Apostolica Vratislaviensis - Berolinensis et aliarium , Acta Apostolicae Sedis 64 (1972), n. 10, pp. 657f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Totus Tuus Poloniae populus , AAS 84 (1992), n.3, pp. 1099-1112.
- ^ Basilicas in Poland. gcatholic.org, June 30, 2019, accessed April 2, 2020 .
