Suffragan diocese Sandomierz, Poland
Diocese of Sandomierz
Sandomirien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in southeastern Poland, erected 30 June 1818 by Pope Pius VII (bull Ex imposita nobis); renamed Sandomierz-Radom in 1981 and reorganized in 1992 when Radom was split off. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lublin. Its mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sandomierz, with a co-cathedral in Stalowa Wola.
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- Established
- 1818
- Catholics
- 682,523
- Priests
- 609
- Territory
- 7,850 km²
Parishes and churches
245 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parafia św. Wojciecha w Woli RaniżowskiejWoli RaniżowskiejView parish
- Parafia św. Władysława w KunowieKunowieView parish
- Parafia św. Zofii i św. Stanisława Kostki w BodzechowieBodzechowieView parish
- Parafia św. Zygmunta w PniowiePniowieView parish
- Rektorat samodzielny św. Franciszka z Asyżu i św. Klary w JędrzejowieJędrzejowieView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Krzysztof Nitkiewicz
- Born
- 17 July 1960
- Birthplace
- Białystok
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The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sandomierz stands in Sandomierz, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral Basilica of Mary Queen of Poland, Stalowa Wola.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Sandomierz, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Lublin in Poland, gives its seat to this Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, known in Latin as Dioecesis Sandomiriensis.