Archdiocese of Białystok

Archdiocese of Białystok
Basic data
Country	Poland
Diocesan bishop	Tadeusz Wojda SAC
Auxiliary bishop	Henryk Ciereszko
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Stanisław Szymecki Edward Ozorowski
Vicar General	Adam Krasiński
founding	1991
surface	5,550 km²
Dean's offices	13 (2009)
Parishes	115 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 )
Residents	429,641 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 )
Catholics	348,437 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2016 )
proportion of	81.1%
Diocesan priest	392 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 )
Religious priest	21 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 )
Catholics per priest	844
Friars	27 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 )
Religious sisters	168 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Polish
cathedral	Bazylika Archikatedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
address	Kuria Metropolitalna Pl.Jana Pawła II 1 15-087 Białystok Polska
Website	www.archibial.pl
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Drohiczyn Diocese of Łomża

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Białystok ( Latin Archidioecesis Bialostocensis , Polish Archidiecezja Białostocka ) is one in Poland situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Białystok .

Białystok Cathedral

history

The diocese of Białystok was established on June 5, 1991 by Pope John Paul II from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Vilnius . On March 25, 1992, the diocese of Białystok was raised to an archdiocese by John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Totus tuus Poloniae populus .

Ordinaries

Apostolic Administrators of Białystok

After the Polish part of the Archdiocese of Vilnius was separated in 1945 , Pope Pius XII appointed. an administrator based in Białystok. (The Russian part remained vacant until 1989.)

• 1945–1955 Romuald Jałbrzykowski , Archbishop of Vilnius
• 1955–1968 Adam Sawicki , vicar capitular 1963 titular bishop of Turres Concordiae
• 1968–1968 Władysław Suszyński , titular bishop of Tabbora
• 1968–1970 Piotr Maziewski, vicar capitular
• 1970–1976 Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz , titular bishop of Acci
• 1976–1991 Edward Kisiel Titular Bishop of Limata

Bishops of Białystok

• 1991–1992 Edward Kisiel, 1st Bishop of Białystok

Archbishops of Białystok

• 1992-1993 Edward Kisiel
• 1993-2000 Stanislaw Szymecki
• 2000-2006 Wojciech Ziemba
• 2006–2017 Edward Ozorowski
• since 2017 Tadeusz Wojda SAC

Auxiliary Bishops in Białystok

• 1991–2006 Edward Ozorowski, Titular Bishop of Bitettum
• since 2012 Henryk Ciereszko, Titular Bishop of Dices

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in Poland

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Białystok  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Polish)
• Entry on Archdiocese of Białystok on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

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