Diocese of Bydgoszcz
Bydgostien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bydgoszcz, Poland
The Diocese of Bydgoszcz is a Latin rite diocese in northern Poland, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gniezno. It was erected on 24 February 2004 by Pope John Paul II. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Martin and St. Nicholas in Bydgoszcz.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 February 2004
- Latin
- Bydgostien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000993
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 583,088
- Population
- 622,036
- Catholic share
- 93.7%
- Priests
- 407
- Catholics per priest
- 1,433
- Extent
- 4,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 146
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
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. Martin and St. Nicholas, Bydgoszcz stands in Bydgoszcz, 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 Gniezno
A suffragan of Gniezno.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GnieznoGniezno
- Diocese of WłocławekWłocławek
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Bydgoszcz, within the ecclesiastical province of Gniezno in Poland, is the seat of the Diocese of Bydgoszcz (Latin: Dioecesis Bydgostiensis), a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].