Archdiocese of Częstochowa
| Archdiocese of Częstochowa | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Poland |
| Diocesan bishop | Waclaw Depo |
| Auxiliary bishop | Andrzej Przybylski |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Stanislaw Nowak |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Antoni Długosz |
| Vicar General | Marian Mikołajczyk Antoni Długosz |
| Episcopal Vicar | Ireneusz Skubiś |
| founding | 1925 |
| surface | 6,925 km² |
| Dean's offices | 35 (23/12/2008) |
| Parishes | 311 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Residents | 827,990 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Catholics | 821,621 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| proportion of | 99.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 722 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious priest | 195 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 896 |
| Friars | 255 (12/31/2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious sisters | 862 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Polish |
| cathedral | Holy Family |
| address | Kuria Metropolitalna al. Najświętszej Maryi Panny 54 42-200 Częstochowa, Polska |
| Website | Archidiecezja Częstochowska |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Radom Diocese of Sosnowiec |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Częstochowa ( Pol. : Archidiecezja Częstochowska , lat. : Archidioecesis Czestochoviensis ) is in Poland located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
history
The diocese of Częstochowa was on October 28, 1925 by Pope Pius XI. canonically established with the Apostolic Constitution Vixdum Poloniae Unitas as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Krakow . In the course of the restructuring and restructuring of the Catholic Church in Poland , Pope John Paul II raised the diocese to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese on March 25, 1992 with the Apostolic Constitution Totus Tuus Poloniae Populus .
Miraculous icon of the Black Madonna
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Religious life
The cathedral is the Church of the Holy Family in Częstochowa , but the religious focus is the Polish national shrine on the Light Mountain, Jasna Góra , the Częstochowa Monastery with the miraculous icon of the Black Madonna .
Ordinaries
Bishops
- 1925–1951 Teodor Kubina
- 1951–1963 Zdzisław Goliński
- 1964–1984 Stefan Bareła
- 1984–1992 Stanislaw Nowak
Archbishops
- 1992–2011 Stanisław Nowak
- since 2011 Wacław Depo
Auxiliary bishops
- 1936–1943 Anton Jacek Zimniak , titular bishop of Dionysiana
- 1944–1965 Stanislaw Czajka , Titular Bishop of Centuria
- 1964–1992 Tadeusz Stanislaw Szwagrzyk , titular bishop of Ita
- 1965–1992 Franciszek Musiel , Titular Bishop of Tamata
- 1978–1994 Miloslaw-Jan Kolodziejczyk , titular bishop of Avissa
- 1998–2016 Antoni Długosz , titular bishop of Aggar
- 2000–2013 Jan Franciszek Wątroba , Titular Bishop of Bisica
- since 2017 Andrzej Przybylski , titular bishop of Hortanum
