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Suffragan diocese Łowicz, Poland

Diocese of Łowicz

Lovicen(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in central Poland, erected 25 March 1992 from the Diocese of Lodz, the Diocese of Plock and the Archdiocese of Warsaw. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lodz. Its mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas in Lowicz.

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The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas, Lowicz, in Łowicz, Poland.

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Established
1992
Catholics
583,496
Priests
344
Territory
5,806 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Wojciech Osial

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas, Lowicz stands in Łowicz, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Seated in the city of Łowicz, within the ecclesiastical province of Łódż in Poland, this Latin diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Lovicensis) has as its cathedral the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas. That church stands among Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), a designation granted on November 13, 2012, on a listing maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.

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