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Diocese of Sosnowiec

Dioecesis Sosnoviensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Vacant
  • Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C., Apostolic Administrator
  • Grzegorz Kaszak, Bishop Emeritus
  • Piotr Skucha, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 25 March 1992
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Częstochowa
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Poland
  • Square Kilometers: 2,000 (772 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.kuria.sosnowiec.pl/
  • Mailing Address: ul. Wawel 19, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Polska
  • Telephone: (032)293.51.51
  • Fax: 293.51.88

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
25 March 1992ErectedDiocese of Częstochowa (Będzin, Czeladź, Dąbrowa Górnicza-Sw. Antoniego z Padwy, Dąbrowa Górnicza-Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa, Dąbrowa Górnicza-Najświętszej Maryi Panny Anielskiej, Łazy, Sączów, Sosnowiec-Chrystusa ...)
Diocese of Kielce (Olkusz Południe, Olkusz Północ, Wolbrom, and parts of Pilica and Sułoszowa)
Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow} (Jaworzno)
Diocese of Sosnowiec (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999801,500812,00098.7%348433912,04946164157ap2000
2000800,500811,00098.7%357444011,99647164157ap2001
2001800,500811,00098.7%353463992,00649165157ap2002
2002800,500811,00098.7%360464061,97150154157ap2003
2003800,500811,00098.7%355403952,02657152157ap2004
2004800,500811,00098.7%353413942,03152154157ap2005
2010719,000730,00098.5%377444211,70753140171ap2011
2014624,417671,41493.0%365504151,50454122165ap2015
2017614,600657,41193.5%358494071,51054106162ap2018
2020606,100647,56093.6%353474001,5155295162ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 84, Page 1,099, to Page 1,112

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