Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec

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Diocese of Sosnowiec
Dioecesis Sosnoviensis
Statistics
Country: Poland
Metropolitan: Częstochowa
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 2,000 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:

811,000 (2004)
800,500 (98.7%)
Cathedral: Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny
(Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Ordinaries
Bishop: Adam Smigielski, S.D.B.
Auxiliary Bishop: Piotr Skucha

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec {Latin: Radomen(sis)} is an diocese located in the city of Sosnowiec in the Ecclesiastical province of Częstochowa in Poland.

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[edit] History

[edit] Special Churches

  • Minor Basillicas:
    • Bazylika Matki Boskiej Anielskiej, Dąbrowa Górnicza
    • Bazylika św. Andrzeja Apostoła in Olkusz
      (St. Andrew the Apostle)

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Sosnowiec (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Adam Śmigielski (since 1992.03.25)

[edit] See also

[edit] Source

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