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The Diocese of Cieszyn is the smallest diocese of the 6 from the Polish Lutheran Church. The diocese is situated in Bielsko-Biała.
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Location
The Diocese of Cieszyn comprises Bielsko County and Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodship, mostly encompassing the Polish part of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia (only the parish in Biała lies without historical Cieszyn Silesia).
History
Cieszyn Silesia was historically inhabited by a large Lutheran minority since the 16th century. A structure of parishes within Austrian Lutheran Church was established after issuing the Patent of Toleration in 1781. After the World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920 the parishes that became a part of the Second Polish Republic joined Polish Lutheran Church, first as a seniority, in 1936 transformed into diocese.
List of Bishops
List of parishes
22 parishes belong to the Diocese of Cieszyn: