The Diocese of Siedlce (Latin: Siedlecen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. Its episcopal see is Siedlce. The Diocese of Siedlce is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin.

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

Special churches

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

Leadership

• Bishops of Siedlce
  • Bishop Kazimierz Gurda (since 2014.05.24)
  • Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski (2002.03.28 – 2014.04.16)
  • Bishop Jan Wiktor Nowak (1996.03.25 – 2002.03.25)
  • Bishop Jan Mazur (1968.10.24 – 1996.03.25)
  • Bishop Ignacy Świrski (1946.04.12 – 1968.03.25)
  • Bishop Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki (1925.10.28 – 1939.05.09)
• Bishops of Podlachia (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki (1918.09.24 – 1925.10.28)
  • Bishop Piotr Paweł Beniamin Szymański (1856.09.18 – 1867)
  • Bishop Jan Marceli Gutkowski (1826.07.03 – 1842.05.19)
  • Bishop Feliks Łukasz Lewiński (1819.03.29 – 1825.04.05)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland
• Eugene Rozhitsky, an Eastern Orthodox (later the Byzantine Catholic) priest who served the diocese

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

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