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Diocese of Bydgoszcz

Bydgostien(sis)

The Diocese of Bydgoszcz is a Latin rite diocese in northern Poland, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gniezno. It was erected on 24 February 2004 by Pope John Paul II. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Martin and St. Nicholas in Bydgoszcz.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
24 February 2004
Latin
Bydgostien(sis)
Patron
Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Matki Pięknej Miłości, Blessed Michał Kozal
Annuario code
001000993

The see in figures

Catholics
583,088
Population
622,036
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
93.7%
Priests
407
Catholics per priest
1,433
Extent
4,000 km²
Catholics per km²
146

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Krzysztof Wlodarczyk

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Martin and St. Nicholas, Bydgoszcz stands in Bydgoszcz, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Gniezno

A suffragan of Gniezno.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

The city of Bydgoszcz, within the ecclesiastical province of Gniezno in Poland, is the seat of the Diocese of Bydgoszcz (Latin: Dioecesis Bydgostiensis), a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.