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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Zielona Góra And Gorzów

The Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów (Latin: Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.

Its cathedral is the Katedra Wniebowzięcia NMP in Gorzów Wielkopolski. It also has a co-cathedral dedicated to Hedwig of Silesia (called in Polish św. Jadwigi Śląskiej), in Zielona Góra, and a minor basilica, Bazylika Matki Bożej Rokitniańskiej, in Rokitno.

History

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 989,400 Catholics (85.3% of 1,160,000 total) on 14,814 km in 267 parishes a 2 missions with 641 priests (542 diocesan, 99 religious), 283 lay religious (107 brothers, 176 sisters) and 53 seminarians. Like in most Polish dioceses, church attendance has declined in the 21st century. According to the statistics 28.1% of the dioceses population attended church services weekly in 2013, however more than 40% did so back in 2000.

Episcopal ordinaries

Apostolic Administrators and Vicars of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła with see in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Diocesan Bishops of Gorzów
  • Wilhelm Pluta (see above 1972.06.28 – death 1986.01.22)
  • Józef Michalik (1986.10.01 – 1992.03.25 see below)
Diocesan Bishops of Zielona Góra-Gorzów
  • Józef Michalik (see above 1992.03.25 – 1993.04.17), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl (Poland) (1993.04.17 – retired 2016.04.30), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1999 – 2004.03.18), President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (2004.03.18 – 2014.03.12), Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (2011.10.02 – 2014.10)
  • Adam Dyczkowski (1993.07.17 – 2007.12.29)
  • Stefan Regmunt (2007.12.29 – 2015.11.23)
  • Tadeusz Litynski (since 2015.11.23)

Auxiliary Bishops

See also

Co-Cathedral of St Hedwig in Zielona Góra
Bishop Tadeusz Lityński

References

  1. ^ Vatican Press Office, Resignations and Appointments, 28.06.2022, accessed 29 June 2022

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