Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce
{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in Poland}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name = Siedlce
|latin = Dioecesis Siedlecensis
|local = Diecezja Siedlecka
|image = Katedra w Siedlcach.JPG
|image_size = 250px
|image_alt =
|caption = Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Siedlce
|country = Poland
|province = Lublin
|metropolitan = Archdiocese of Lublin
|denomination = Catholic Church
|sui_iuris_church = Latin Church
|rite = Roman Rite
|cathedral = Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP
(Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
|cocathedral =
|area_km2 = 11,440
|population = 705,250
|population_as_of = 2020
|catholics = 695,940
|catholics_percent= 98.7
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|bishop = Kazimierz Gurda
|metro_archbishop = Stanisław Budzik
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops= Grzegorz Suchodolski
|website = [http://diecezja.radiopodlasie.pl/ Website of the Diocese]
|map = Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce location map.svg
}}
The Diocese of Siedlce ({{langx|la|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
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/sied0.htm GCatholic.org]
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsied.html Catholic Hierarchy]
- [http://www.siedlce.opoka.org.pl/ Diocese website]
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