Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce

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Diocese of Siedlce
Dioecesis Siedlecensis

Statistics
Country:	Poland
Metropolitan:	Lublin
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	11,440 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	752,692 (2004) 741,185 (98.5%)
Cathedral:	Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Zbigniew Kiernikowski
Auxiliary Bishop:	Henryk Marian Tomasik

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.

Contents 1 History 2 Special Churches 3 Leadership 4 See also 5 Source

[edit] 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

[edit] Special Churches

• Minor Basillicas:
  • Bazylika św. Anny (Sanktuarium Maryjne), Kodeń
    (Basillica of St. Ann)
  • Bazylika św. Jana Chrzciciela Sanktuarium Maryjne, Parczew
    ( Basillica of St. John the Baptist)
  • Sanktuarium Maryjne, Leśna Podlaska

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Siedlce (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski (since 2002.03.28)
  • Bishop Jan Wiktor Nowak (1996.03.25 – 2002.03.25)
  • Bishop Jan Mazur (1968.10.24 – 1996.03.25)
  • Bishop Ignacy Swirski (1946.04.12 – 1968.03.25)
  • Bishop Enrico Ignazio Przezdziecki (1925.10.28 – 1939.05.09)
• Bishops of Podlachia (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Enrico Ignazio Przezdziecki (1918.09.24 – 1925.10.28)
  • Bishop Piotr Pawel Beniamin Szymański (1856.09.18 – 1867)
  • Bishop Jan Marceli Gutkowski (1826 – 1842)
  • Bishop Feliks Łukasz Lewiński (1819 – 1825)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website