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Diocese of Kalisz

Calissien(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in central Poland erected 25 March 1992 from territory of Czestochowa and neighboring sees; the name recalls the 1818-1925 Diocese of Cuiavia-Kalisz. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Poznan. Its mother church is the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Kalisz, with a co-cathedral in Ostrow Wielkopolski.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 June 1818
Latin
Calissien(sis)
Patron
san José
Annuario code
001001786

The see in figures

Catholics
727,672
Population
733,839
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
99.2%
Priests
537
Catholics per priest
1,355
Extent
10,800 km²
Catholics per km²
67

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
Damian Bryl
Born
10 February 1969
Birthplace
Jarocin

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. Nicholas, Kalisz stands in Kalisz, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Stanislaus, Ostrow Wielkopolski.

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

The province of Poznan

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Poznan.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Kalisz, a city within the ecclesiastical province of Poznań in Poland, gives its name and seat to this Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, known in Latin as Dioecesis Calissiensis.

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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.