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Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa Praga

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Metropolitan
  
Warszawa

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Poland

Auxiliary bishop
  
Marek Solarczyk

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
3,300 km²

Founded
  
1992

Bishop
  
Henryk Hoser

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 1,135,000 1,092,000 (96.2%)

Cathedral
  
Bazylika Katedralna św. Michała Archanioła i św. Floriana Męczennika (Cathedral Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian)

Co-cathedral
  
Konkatedra Matki Boskiej Zwycięskiej (Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warsaw

Emeritus bishops
  
Kazimierz Romaniuk, Stanisław Kędziora

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga (Latin: Varsavien(sis) – Pragen(sis)) is a diocese located in the east part of Warsaw (Praga) in the Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland.

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According to the church statistics about 31,4% attended a church at least once a week and about 14,6% took communion regularly (once a week or more often) in 2013.

History

  • March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Warszawa – Praga from the Diocese of Płock and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa
  • May 24, 2008: Archbishop Henryk Hoser S.A.C., adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies, was appointed as bishop of Warszawa-Praga (area 3,300, population 1,113,000, Catholics 1,088,000, priests 650, religious 1,623), Poland. He conserves his personal title of archbishop.

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego in Praga (Sacred Heart)

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Warszawa-Praga (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Kazimierz Romaniuk (1992 – 2004)
  • Archbishop Sławoj Leszek Głódź (2004 - 2008)
  • Archbishop Henryk Hoser (since 2008)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga Wikipedia
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