Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg

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Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg

Dioecesis Coslinensis-Colubregana

Diecezja Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeska
Koszalin katedra (01).jpg
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Koszalin
Location
Country Poland
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień
MetropolitanSzczecin-Kamień
Statistics
Area14,640 km2 (5,650 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2013)
913,000
833,000 (91.3%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established28 June 1972
CathedralKatedra pw. Niepokalanego Poczęcia
Najświętszej Maryi Panny in Koszalin
Co-cathedralBazylika Konkatedralna Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Maryi Panny in Kołobrzegu
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopEdward Dajczak
Metropolitan ArchbishopAndrzej Dzięga
CoadjutorZbigniew Zieliński
Auxiliary BishopsKrzysztof Zadarko
Bishops emeritusTadeusz Werno, Paweł Cieślik
Website
Website of the Diocese
Map of Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Latin: Dioecesis Coslinensis-Colubregana) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień in northwestern Poland. It has its cathedral episcopal see is the Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP, in Koszalin, as well as a Co-Cathedral, which is the Minor Basilica: Bazylika Konkatedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP, in Kołobrzeg, both in Zachodniopomorskie, and a former Cathedral: Katedra Świętej Rodziny Katedra Świętej Rodziny, in Piła, in Wielkopolskie.[1]

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 822,058 Catholics (90.0% of 912,929 total) on 14,640 km² in 220 parishes with 574 priests (439 diocesan, 135 religious), 367 lay religious (142 brothers, 225 sisters) and 53 seminarians.[1] According to the Polish Institute of the Catholic Church Statistics, weekly mass attendance was 25% in 2013 making the diocese the second least devoutly religious one in Poland after the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.

Precursor bishopric of Kołobrzeg

Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Kołobrzeg

In 1000 the Diocese of Kołobrzeg was established in Kołobrzeg by Polish ruler Bolesław I the Brave, along with the dioceses of Wrocław and Kraków and the Archdiocese of Gniezno, as one of the oldest Polish dioceses (the only older diocese being the diocese of Poznań, established in 968).

In 1015 it was however suppressed, its territory being reassigned partly to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno (from 1145 however signed over to the exempt Diocese of Kammin, and partly to establish the Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze (which would merge into aforementioned Gniezno). Only one residential bishop of Kołobrzeg is recorded: Reinbern (1000 – 1007), died 1013.

History

[1]

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite) [1]

Suffragan Bishops of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg, Poland".

Sources and external links

Coordinates: 54°11′22″N 16°10′49″E / 54.1895°N 16.1804°E / 54.1895; 16.1804