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Suffragan diocese Ełk, Poland

Diocese of Ełk

Liccanen(sis)

The Diocese of Elk is a Latin rite diocese in northeastern Poland, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Warmia. It was erected on 25 March 1992 by Pope John Paul II from territory of the Dioceses of Lomza and Warmia. Its seat is St. Adalbert (Wojciech) Cathedral in Elk, with co-cathedrals in Goldap and Suwalki.

On the map

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The address the register holds for St. Adalbert (Wojciech) Cathedral, Elk, in Ełk, Poland.

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Established
1992
Catholics
425,907
Priests
319
Territory
11,000 km²

Parishes and churches

152 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D.

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The cathedral

St. Adalbert (Wojciech) Cathedral, Elk stands in Ełk, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-cathedrals in Goldap and Suwalki.

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History

The city of Ełk, in the ecclesiastical province of Warmia in Poland, is home to the Diocese of Ełk (Latin: Dioecesis Liccanensis), a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church.

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