Diocese of Legnica
Legnicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Legnica, Poland
Latin-rite diocese in Lower Silesia, Poland, erected 25 March 1992 from the Archdiocese of Wroclaw, of which it is a suffragan. Its see is in Legnica and its mother church is the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 March 1992
- Latin
- Legnicen(sis)
- Patron
- * san Pedro * san Pablo * san José * santa Eduvigis
- Annuario code
- 001001979
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 816,100
- Population
- 839,700
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.2%
- Priests
- 485
- Catholics per priest
- 1,683
- Extent
- 7,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 115
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
- Andrzej Siemieniewski
- Born
- 8 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Wrocław
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 Sts. Peter and Paul, Legnica stands in Legnica, 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 Wroclaw
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Wroclaw.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ŚwidnicaŚwidnica
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Wrocław in Poland, the city of Legnica anchors this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church (Latin: Dioecesis Legnicensis). Catholic Church statistics for 2013 recorded 30.1% of the population attending church every Sunday and holy day of obligation, or more often.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.