Archdiocese of Białystok
Archdiocese of Białystok
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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 .
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
Web links
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