Diocese of Siedlce
Siedlecen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Siedlce, Poland
Latin-rite diocese in eastern Poland, erected 30 June 1818 as the Diocese of Podlachia and renamed Diocese of Siedlce on 28 October 1925. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lublin. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Siedlce.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1818
- Latin
- Siedlecen(sis)
- Patron
- * Simón * Judas Tadeo * Josafat Kuncewicz * Mártires de Pratulin
- Annuario code
- 001003055
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 695,940
- Population
- 705,250
- Catholic share
- 98.7%
- Priests
- 672
- Catholics per priest
- 1,036
- Extent
- 11,440 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 61
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
- Kazimierz Gurda
- Born
- 20 August 1953
- Birthplace
- Książnice Wielke
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 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Siedlce stands in Siedlce, 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 Lublin
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lublin.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LublinLublin
- Diocese of SandomierzSandomierz
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal see at Siedlce, this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland (Latin: Siedlecen(sis)) serves as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin.
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].