Rite Latin Rite Auxiliary Bishops Wojciech Osial Country Poland Bishop Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba | Pope Francis Area 5,806 km² Auxiliary bishop Wojciech Osial Metropolitan archbishop Marek Jędraszewski | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2013)
609,479
607,825 (99.7%) Cathedral Katedra pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny
(Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Łódź Emeritus bishops Alojzy Orszulik, Józef Zawitkowski | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Łowicz (Latin: Lovicen(sis)) is an diocese located in the city of Łowicz in the Ecclesiastical province of Łódż in Poland.
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Its cathedral, the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas, stands as one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated November 13, 2012. This listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
In 2014, it became the first and for now the only one Polish diocese since a very long time where no deacon was ordinated a priest. The level of Sunday mass attendance is also lower than the Polish nation's average about 31.3% of all Catholics in the diocese, as of 2013.
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