Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce

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Rite Latin Rite Auxiliary Bishops Piotr Henryk Sawczuk Country Poland Metropolitan archbishop Stanisław Budzik		Pope Francis Area 11,440 km² Bishop Kazimierz Gurda

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2014)726,100714,630 (98.4%) Cathedral Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP(Cathedral of the Immaculate Conceptionof the Blessed Virgin Mary) Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lublin

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce (Latin: Siedlecen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Siedlce in the Ecclesiastical province of Lublin in Poland.

History

June 30, 1818: Established as Diocese of Podlachia

1867: Suppressed to Diocese of Lublin

1918: Restored as Diocese of Podlachia

October 28, 1925: Renamed as Diocese of Siedlce

Minor Basilicas:

Bazylika św. Anny (Sanktuarium Maryjne), Kodeń
(Basilica of St. Ann)

Bazylika św. Jana Chrzciciela Sanktuarium Maryjne, Parczew
( Basilica of St. John the Baptist)

Sanktuarium Maryjne, Leśna Podlaska

Bishops of Siedlce (Roman rite)

Bishop Kazimierz Gurda (since 2014.05.24)

Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski (2002.03.28 - 2014.04.16)

Bishop Jan Wiktor Nowak (1996.03.25 – 2002.03.25)

Bishop Jan Mazur (1968.10.24 – 1996.03.25)

Bishop Ignacy Świrski (1946.04.12 – 1968.03.25)

Bishop Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki (1925.10.28 – 1939.05.09)

Bishops of Podlachia (Roman rite)

Bishop Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki (1918.09.24 – 1925.10.28)

Bishop Piotr Paweł Beniamin Szymański (1856.09.18 – 1867)

Bishop Jan Marceli Gutkowski (1826.07.03 – 1842.05.19)

Bishop Feliks Łukasz Lewiński (1819.03.29 – 1825.04.05)

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