Diocese of Łomża
Łomżen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Łomża, Poland
Latin-rite diocese in northeastern Poland, tracing to the Diocese of Wigry erected in 1798; the see moved through Augustow and Sejny before being renamed Diocese of Lomza on 28 October 1925. Since 1992 it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bialystok. Its mother church is the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Lomza.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 October 1925
- Latin
- Łomżen(sis)
- Patron
- Andrzej Bobola
- Annuario code
- 001002042
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 491,838
- Population
- 497,773
- Catholic share
- 98.8%
- Priests
- 504
- Catholics per priest
- 976
- Extent
- 11,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 43
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
- Janusz Stepnowski
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. Michael the Archangel, Lomza stands in Łomża, 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 Bialystok
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bialystok.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DrohiczynDrohiczyn
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Łomża, within the ecclesiastical province of Białystok in Poland, is the seat of this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Lomzensis). The diocese currently counts 526 priests. Its most recent priestly death was that of Fr. Franciszek Wróblewski, who died on 25 August at age 81.
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].