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Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg

Coslinen(sis)-Colubregan(us)

Latin Church diocese in northwestern Poland, erected in 1972 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień. Bishop Krzysztof Zadarko was appointed in February 2026 after serving as diocesan administrator.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
28 June 1972
Latin
Coslinen(sis)-Colubregan(us)
Patron
* san Adalberto de Praga * san Maximiliano Kolbe
Annuario code
001001894

The see in figures

Catholics
811,430
Population
901,120
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
90.0%
Priests
552
Catholics per priest
1,470
Extent
14,640 km²
Catholics per km²
55

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 Zadarko
Born
2 September 1960
Birthplace
Słupsk

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 the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Koszalin stands in Koszalin, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kołobrzeg.

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

The province of Szczecin-Kamień

A suffragan of Szczecin-Kamień.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Northwestern Poland is home to the Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Latin: Dioecesis Coslinensis-Colubregana), a Latin Church jurisdiction that serves as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień. Its cathedral is the Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP in Koszalin, and it also maintains a co-cathedral, the minor basilica Bazylika Konkatedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP in Kołobrzeg, both located in Zachodniopomorskie.

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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.