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Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec

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Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
2,000 km²

Auxiliary bishop
  
Piotr Skucha

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Wacław Depo

Auxiliary Bishops
  
Piotr Skucha

Country
  
Poland

Bishop
  
Grzegorz Kaszak

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2014) 672,000 625,000 (93.0%)

Rite
  
Latin Rite (Roman Rite)

Cathedral
  
Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Częstochowa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec is a diocese located in the city of Sosnowiec in the Ecclesiastical province of Częstochowa in Poland. As of 2013 weekly Sunday mass attendance was 27.5%, up from 27.4% in the previous year.

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History

  • March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Sosnowiec from Diocese of Częstochowa, Diocese of Kielce and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika Matki Boskiej Anielskiej, Dąbrowa Górnicza
  • Bazylika św. Andrzeja Apostoła in Olkusz
    (St. Andrew the Apostle)
  • Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Sosnowiec
    (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Sosnowiec (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Adam Śmigielski (1992−2008)
  • Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak (since 2009)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec Wikipedia
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