Diocese of Zielona Góra–Gorzów
Viridimontanen(sis)-Gorzovien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zielona Góra, Poland
Zielona Góra-Gorzów is a Latin Rite diocese in western Poland, established as the Diocese of Gorzów in 1972 and given its current name in 1992. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień, led by Bishop Tadeusz Lityński since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 June 1972
- Latin
- Viridimontanen(sis)-Gorzovien(sis)
- Patron
- Hedwig of Silesia
- Annuario code
- 001000245
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 932,662
- Population
- 1,062,734
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 87.8%
- Priests
- 583
- Catholics per priest
- 1,600
- Extent
- 10,805 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 86
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
- Tadeusz Lityński
- Born
- 14 June 1962
- Birthplace
- Kożuchów
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 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Gorzów Wielkopolski stands in Zielona Góra, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Hedwig, Zielona Góra.
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:
- Diocese of Koszalin–KołobrzegKoszalin
- Archdiocese of Szczecin–KamieńSzczecin–Kamień
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień, the Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów (Latin: Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis) is a Latin Church jurisdiction in Poland. Its cathedral is the Katedra Wniebowzięcia NMP in Gorzów Wielkopolski, its co-cathedral in Zielona Góra is dedicated to Hedwig of Silesia (in Polish, św. Jadwigi Śląskiej), and it counts a minor basilica, the Bazylika Matki Bożej Rokitniańskiej, in Rokitno.
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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.