Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga

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Diocese of Warszawa-Praga
Dioecesis Varsaviensis-Pragensis

Statistics
Country:	Poland
Metropolitan:	Warszawa
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	3,300 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	1,135,000 (2004) 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)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Henryk Hoser
Auxiliary Bishop:	Stanislaw Kedziora

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga {Latin: Varsavien(sis) – Pragen(sis)} is an diocese located in the cities of Warszawa and Praga in the Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland.

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

[edit] 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 Missionary Works, 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.

[edit] Special Churches

• Minor Basillicas:
  • Bazylika Najswietszego Serca Jezusowego in Praga (Sacred Heart)

[edit] Leadership

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

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website