The Diocese of Sandomierz (Latin: Dioecesis Sandomiriensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Sandomierz in the ecclesiastical province of Lublin in Poland.
Diocese of Sandomierz Dioecesis Sandomiriensis Diecezja Sandomierska | |
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Location | |
Country | Poland |
Ecclesiastical province | Lublin |
Metropolitan | Lublin |
Statistics | |
Area | 7,850 km2 (3,030 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 683,123 682,523 (99.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Bazylika Katedralna pw. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny (Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary) |
Co-cathedral | Bazylika Mniejsza Konkatedra pod wezwaniem Matki Bożej Królowej Polski in Stalowa Wola (Co-Cathedral Basilica of Mary Queen of Poland) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Krzysztof Nitkiewicz |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Stanisław Budzik |
Bishops emeritus | Edward Marian Frankowski |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Sandomierz was created on 30 June 1818 by Pope Pius VII in accordance with the Bull Ex imposita nobis.[1] In 1981, its name was changed to the Diocese of Sandomierz-Radom[1] but on 25 March 1992 the diocese of Radom was split off as part of a reorganization of the church in Poland by Pope John Paul II which added to Sandomierz 7 deaneries from Przemysl, two from Lublin and one from Tarnow.[1]
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