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Diocese of Elbląg

Elbingen(sis)

The Diocese of Elblag is a Latin rite diocese in northern Poland, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Warmia. It was erected on 25 March 1992 by Pope John Paul II from territory of the Dioceses of Chelmno, Gdansk and Warmia. Its seat is St. Nicholas Cathedral in Elblag.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
25 March 1992
Latin
Elbingen(sis)
Patron
* san Adalberto * san Maximiliano María Kolbe * santa Dorotea de Montau
Annuario code
001001353

The see in figures

Catholics
441,200
Population
453,200
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
97.4%
Priests
317
Catholics per priest
1,392
Extent
9,495 km²
Catholics per km²
46

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
Wojciech Skibicki
Born
23 May 1970
Birthplace
Skrwilno

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

St. Nicholas Cathedral, Elblag stands in Elbląg, 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 Warmia

A suffragan of Warmia.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Located in the city of Elbląg in Poland, the Diocese of Elbląg (Latin: Elbingen(sis)) is a Latin Church territory serving as a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Warmia.

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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.