Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce

Diocese of Kielce Dioecesis Kielcensis
Assumption Cathedral in Kielce
Location
Country	Poland
Metropolitan	Kraków
Statistics
Area	8,319 km2 (3,212 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 813,525 768,743 (94.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jan Piotrowski
Auxiliary Bishops	Marian Florczyk

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce (Latin: Kielcen(sis)) is an diocese located in the city of Kielce in the Ecclesiastical province of Kraków in Poland.

History

• 1805: Established as Diocese of Kielce from the Diocese of Kraków
• 1818: Suppressed
• December 28, 1882: Restored as Diocese of Kielce

Special churches

Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika Groby Bożego, Miechów
  • Bazylika Matki Bożej Anielskiej, Dąbrowie Górniczej
  • Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica
    (Basilica of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary )

Leadership

• Bishops of Kielce (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Wojciech Górski (1805.06.26 – 1818.02.01)
  • Bishop Tommaso Teofilo Kuliński (1883.03.15 – 1907.01.08)
  • Bishop Agostino Łosiński (1910.04.26 – 1937.03.03)
  • Bishop Czesław Kaczmarek (1938.05.24 – 1963.08.26)
  • Bishop Jan Jaroszewicz (1967.03.20 – 1980.04.17)
  • Archbishop Stanisław Szymecki (1981.03.27 – 1993.05.15)
  • Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan (1993.07.17 - 2014.10.11)
  • Bishop Jan Piotrowski (since 2014.10.11)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland
• The Lesser Polish Way

Sources

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Kielce.

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

Coordinates: 50°52′08″N 20°37′43″E / 50.8689°N 20.6287°E / 50.8689; 20.6287