Suffragan diocese Opole, Poland
Diocese of Opole
Opolien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Silesia, Poland, established as an apostolic administration in 1945 and erected as a diocese on 28 June 1972 from territory of the Archdioceses of Wroclaw and Olomouc. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Katowice. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Opole.
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- Established
- 1972
- Catholics
- 783,056
- Priests
- 782
- Territory
- 8,033 km²
Parishes and churches
401 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parafia św. WalentegoChechłoView parish
- Parafia św. WawrzyńcaPosuciceView parish
- Parafia św. WawrzyńcaDąbrowaView parish
- Parafia św. WawrzyńcaGłuchołazyView parish
- Parafia św. WawrzyńcaKolnicaView parish
- Parafia św. WawrzyńcaKróloweView parish
- Parafia św. WawrzyńcaStrzelce OpolskieView parish
- Parafia św. WawrzyńcaWierzchView parish
- Parafia św. Wita, Modesta i KrescencjiPietrowice WielkieView parish
- Parafia św. Zygmunta i św. Jadwigi ŚląskiejKędzierzyn-KoźleView parish
- Parafia św.Apostołów Szymona i Judy TadeuszaSzymiszówView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Andrzej Czaja
- Born
- 12 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Olesno
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Opole stands in Opole, 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.
History
Opole, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Katowice in Poland, gives its seat to this Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, known in Latin as Dioecesis Opoliensis.