Diocese of Łomża
Łomżen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Łomża, Poland
Latin-rite diocese in northeastern Poland, tracing to the Diocese of Wigry erected in 1798; the see moved through Augustow and Sejny before being renamed Diocese of Lomza on 28 October 1925. Since 1992 it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bialystok. Its mother church is the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Lomza.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 October 1925
- Latin
- Łomżen(sis)
- Patron
- Andrzej Bobola
- Annuario code
- 001002042
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 491,838
- Population
- 497,773
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.8%
- Priests
- 504
- Catholics per priest
- 976
- Extent
- 11,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 43
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
- Janusz Stepnowski
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. Michael the Archangel, Lomza stands in Łomża, 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 Bialystok
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bialystok.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DrohiczynDrohiczyn
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Łomża, within the ecclesiastical province of Białystok in Poland, is the seat of this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Lomzensis). The diocese currently counts 526 priests. Its most recent priestly death was that of Fr. Franciszek Wróblewski, who died on 25 August at age 81.
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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.