Diocese of Płock
Plocen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Płock, Poland
Ancient Latin-rite diocese in Masovia, Poland, erected in 1075 with its see in Plock. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Warsaw. Its mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Plock.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1075
- Latin
- Plocen(sis)
- Patron
- san Estanislao Kostka
- Annuario code
- 001002614
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 800,120
- Population
- 807,089
- Catholic share
- 99.1%
- Priests
- 588
- Catholics per priest
- 1,361
- Extent
- 11,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 73
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
- Szymon Stulkowski
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 Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Plock stands in Płock, 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 Warsaw
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Warsaw.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of WarszawaWarszawa
- Diocese of Warszawa-PragaWarszawa-Praga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Płock, within the ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland, is the seat of this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Plocensis). Sunday Mass attendance in 2013 reached 30.7% of the population, against a Polish average of 39.1%, placing it among the less religious dioceses in the country.
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].