Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce (Latin: Kielcen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kielce in the Ecclesiastical province of Kraków in Poland.
Diocese of Kielce Dioecesis Kielcensis | |
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Assumption Cathedral in Kielce | |
Location | |
Country | Poland |
Metropolitan | Kraków |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,319 km2 (3,212 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (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 |
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History
- 1805: Established as Diocese of Kielce from the Diocese of Kraków
- 1818: Suppressed
- December 28, 1882: Restored as Diocese of Kielce
Special churches
Bishops
- Bishop Wojciech Górski (1805.06.26 – 1818.02.01)
- Bishop Tomasz Teofil Kuliński (1883.03.15 – 1907.01.08)
- Bishop Augustyn 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)
- Bishop Stanisław Szymecki (1981.03.27 – 1993.05.15), appointed Archbishop of Białystok
- Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan (1993.07.17 – 2014.10.11)
- Bishop Jan Piotrowski (since 2014.10.11)
Auxiliary Bishops
- Marian Florczyk (1998-)
- Jan Gurda (1972-1993)
- Kazimierz Gurda (2004-2014), appointed Bishop of Siedlce
- Jan Jaroszewicz (1957-1967), appointed Bishop here
- Mieczyslaw Jaworski (1982-2001)
- Andrzej Kaleta (2017-)
- Tomasz Teofil Kuliński (1872-1883), appointed Bishop here
- Edward Henryk Materski (1968-1981), appointed Bishop of Sandomierz
- Edward Jan Muszyński (1960-1968)
- Piotr Skucha (1986-1992), appointed auxiliary bishop of Sosnowiec
- Szczepan (Stefano) Sobalkowski (1957-1958)
- Franciszek Sonik (1935-1957)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, appointed nuncio and titular archbishop in 2020
Reports of Sexual Abuse
In May 2019, a documentary called Tell No One was released featuring a priest identified as Jan A., who served the Diocese in the town Topola, who confessed to molesting young girls.[2] Officials in the Diocese had previously investigated claims made against Jan A. and sent collected evidence to the Vatican in January 2019.[2]
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Poland
- The Lesser Polish Way
References
- "Resignations and Appointments, 11.11.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- Vanessa, Gera (2019-05-13). "Documentary about pedophile priests shakes up Poland". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
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