Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg
Coslinen(sis)-Colubregan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Koszalin, Poland
Latin Church diocese in northwestern Poland, erected in 1972 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień. Bishop Krzysztof Zadarko was appointed in February 2026 after serving as diocesan administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 June 1972
- Latin
- Coslinen(sis)-Colubregan(us)
- Patron
- * san Adalberto de Praga * san Maximiliano Kolbe
- Annuario code
- 001001894
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 811,430
- Population
- 901,120
- Catholic share
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 552
- Catholics per priest
- 1,470
- Extent
- 14,640 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 55
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 Zadarko
- Born
- 2 September 1960
- Birthplace
- Słupsk
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 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Koszalin stands in Koszalin, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kołobrzeg.
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:
- Archdiocese of Szczecin–KamieńSzczecin–Kamień
- Diocese of Zielona Góra–GorzówZielona Góra
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northwestern Poland is home to the Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Latin: Dioecesis Coslinensis-Colubregana), a Latin Church jurisdiction that serves as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień. Its cathedral is the Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP in Koszalin, and it also maintains a co-cathedral, the minor basilica Bazylika Konkatedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP in Kołobrzeg, both located in Zachodniopomorskie.
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].