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Diocese of Rzeszów

Rzeszovien(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in southeastern Poland, erected 25 March 1992 by Pope John Paul II (apostolic constitution Totus tuus Poloniae populus) from territory of the Dioceses of Przemysl and Tarnow. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Przemysl. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Rzeszow.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
25 March 1992
Latin
Rzeszovien(sis)
Patron
* san Józef Sebastian Pelczar * santa Karolina Kózka
Annuario code
001002790

The see in figures

Catholics
595,946
Population
601,598
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
99.1%
Priests
795
Catholics per priest
750
Extent
6,000 km²
Catholics per km²
99

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
Jan Watroba

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 Sacred Heart of Jesus, Rzeszow stands in Rzeszów, 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 Przemysl

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Przemysl.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Pope John Paul II erected the Diocese of Rzeszów (Latin: Dioecesis Rzeszoviensis) on 25 March 1992 through the apostolic constitution Totus tuus Poloniae populus, carving it from territories of the Diocese of Przemyśl and the Diocese of Tarnów. This Latin Church diocese is seated in the city of Rzeszów, within the ecclesiastical province of Przemyśl in Poland.

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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.