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Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce

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Metropolitan
  
Kraków

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
8,319 km²

Auxiliary bishop
  
Marian Florczyk

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Auxiliary Bishops
  
Marian Florczyk

Country
  
Poland

Bishop
  
Jan Piotrowski

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2013)813,525768,743 (94.5%)

Cathedral
  
Bazylika Katedralna WniebowzięciaNajświętszej Marii Panny(Cathedral Basilica of the Assumptionof the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kraków

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce (Latin: Kielcen(sis)) is an diocese located in the city of Kielce in the Ecclesiastical province of Kraków in Poland.

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History

  • 1805: Established as Diocese of Kielce from the Diocese of Kraków
  • 1818: Suppressed
  • December 28, 1882: Restored as Diocese of Kielce

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika Groby Bożego, Miechów
  • Bazylika Matki Bożej Anielskiej, Dąbrowie Górniczej
  • Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica
    (Basilica of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary )

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Kielce (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Wojciech Górski (1805.06.26 – 1818.02.01)
  • Bishop Tommaso Teofilo Kuliński (1883.03.15 – 1907.01.08)
  • Bishop Agostino Łosiński (1910.04.26 – 1937.03.03)
  • Bishop Czesław Kaczmarek (1938.05.24 – 1963.08.26)
  • Bishop Jan Jaroszewicz (1967.03.20 – 1980.04.17)
  • Archbishop Stanisław Szymecki (1981.03.27 – 1993.05.15)
  • Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan (1993.07.17 - 2014.10.11)
  • Bishop Jan Piotrowski (since 2014.10.11)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce Wikipedia
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