Diocese of Rzeszów
Rzeszovien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rzeszów, Poland
Latin-rite diocese in southeastern Poland, erected 25 March 1992 by Pope John Paul II (apostolic constitution Totus tuus Poloniae populus) from territory of the Dioceses of Przemysl and Tarnow. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Przemysl. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Rzeszow.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 March 1992
- Latin
- Rzeszovien(sis)
- Patron
- * san Józef Sebastian Pelczar * santa Karolina Kózka
- Annuario code
- 001002790
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 595,946
- Population
- 601,598
- Catholic share
- 99.1%
- Priests
- 795
- Catholics per priest
- 750
- Extent
- 6,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 99
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
- Jan Watroba
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 Sacred Heart of Jesus, Rzeszow stands in Rzeszów, 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 Przemysl
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Przemysl.
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Pope John Paul II erected the Diocese of Rzeszów (Latin: Dioecesis Rzeszoviensis) on 25 March 1992 through the apostolic constitution Totus tuus Poloniae populus, carving it from territories of the Diocese of Przemyśl and the Diocese of Tarnów. This Latin Church diocese is seated in the city of Rzeszów, within the ecclesiastical province of Przemyśl in Poland.
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].