Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg

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Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg

Dioecesis Coslinensis-Colubregana

Diecezja Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeska
Koszalin katedra (01).jpg
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Koszalin
Location
Country Poland
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień
MetropolitanSzczecin-Kamień
Statistics
Area14,640 km2 (5,650 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2013)
913,000
833,000 (91.3%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established28 June 1972
CathedralKatedra pw. Niepokalanego Poczęcia
Najświętszej Maryi Panny in Koszalin
Co-cathedralBazylika Konkatedralna Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Maryi Panny in Kołobrzegu
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop
Auxiliary BishopsKrzysztof Zadarko
Krzysztof Stefan Włodarczyk
Bishops emeritusTadeusz Werno (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus), Paweł Cieślik (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus)
Website
Website of the Diocese
Map of Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Latin: Dioecesis Coslinensis-Colubregana) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień in northwestern Poland. It has its cathedral episcopal see is the Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP, in Koszalin, as well as a Co-Cathedral, which is the Minor Basilica: Bazylika Konkatedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP, in Kołobrzeg, both in Zachodniopomorskie, and a former Cathedral: Katedra Świętej Rodziny Katedra Świętej Rodziny, in Piła, in Wielkopolskie.[1]

Statistics[]

As per 2014, it pastorally served 822,058 Catholics (90.0% of 912,929 total) on 14,640 km² in 220 parishes with 574 priests (439 diocesan, 135 religious), 367 lay religious (142 brothers, 225 sisters) and 53 seminarians.[1] According to the Polish Institute of the Catholic Church Statistics, weekly mass attendance was 25% in 2013 making the diocese the second least devoutly religious one in Poland after the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.

Precursor bishopric of Kołobrzeg[]

Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Kołobrzeg

In 1000 the Diocese of Kołobrzeg was established in Kołobrzeg by Polish ruler Bolesław I the Brave, along with the dioceses of Wrocław and Kraków and the Archdiocese of Gniezno, as one of the oldest Polish dioceses (the only older diocese being the diocese of Poznań, established in 968).

In 1015 it was however suppressed, its territory being reassigned partly to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno (from 1145 however signed over to the exempt Diocese of Kammin, and partly to establish the Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze (which would merge into aforementioned Gniezno). Only one residential bishop of Kołobrzeg is recorded: Reinbern (1000 – 1007), died 1013.

History[]

  • Established on June 28, 1972 as Diocese of Koszalin – Kołobrzeg, on territories split off from the Diocese of Berlin and from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Piła, but formally restoring the Kołobrzeg diocese.
  • Enjoyed a Papal visit from the Polish Pope John Paul II in June 1991.
  • Gained territory on 1992.03.25 from the Diocese of Chełmno
  • Lost territory on 2004.02.24 to establish the Diocese of Bydgoszcz

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Episcopal ordinaries[]

(all Roman rite) [1]

Suffragan Bishops of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg
  • Ignacy Ludwik Jeż (1972.06.28 – retired 1992.02.01), died 2006; previously Titular Bishop of Alba marittima (1960.04.20 – 1972.06.28), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Gniezno (Gnesen, Poland) (1960.04.20 – 1967), then as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Wrocław (Breslau, Poland) (1967 – 1972.06.28)
  • (1992.02.01 – death 1996.03.15), previously Titular Bishop of Dagnum (1970.06.06 – 1992.02.01) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Katowice (Poland) (1970.06.06 – 1992.02.01)
  • Marian Gołębiewski (1996.07.20 – 2004.04.03), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) (2004.04.03 – retired 2013.05.18)
  • Kazimierz Nycz (2004.06.09 – 2007.03.03), previously Titular Bishop of (1988.05.14 – 2004.06.09) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Kraków (Cracovia, Poland) (1988.05.14 – 2004.06.09); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (2007.03.03 – ...), Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (2007.06.09 – ...), created Cardinal-Priest of (2010.11.20 [2011.04.29] – ...)
  • Edward Dajczak (2007.06.23 – ), previously Titular Bishop of (1989.12.15 – 2007.06.23) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów (Poland) (1989.12.15 – 2007.06.23).

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg, Poland".

Sources and external links[]

Coordinates: 54°11′22″N 16°10′49″E / 54.1895°N 16.1804°E / 54.1895; 16.1804

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