Diocese of Świdnica
Suidnicien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Świdnica, Poland
Latin-rite diocese in Lower Silesia, Poland, erected 24 February 2004 from 13 deaneries of the Archdiocese of Wroclaw and 8 of the Diocese of Legnica. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Wroclaw. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Sts. Stanislaus and Wenceslaus in Swidnica.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 February 2004
- Latin
- Suidnicien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003135
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 525,720
- Population
- 620,000
- Catholic share
- 84.8%
- Priests
- 396
- Catholics per priest
- 1,328
- Extent
- 4,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 117
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
- Marek Mendyk
- Born
- 18 March 1961
- Birthplace
- Głuszyca
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 Sts. Stanislaus and Wenceslaus, Swidnica stands in Świdnica, 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 Wroclaw
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Wroclaw.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of LegnicaLegnica
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Świdnica, within the ecclesiastical province of Wrocław in Poland, is the seat of this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Suidniciensis). Church statistics for 2013 showed about 28.7% of the diocese's population attending church regularly on Sundays. Its St. Stanislaus and St. Wenceslaus Cathedral in Świdnica carries the designation of Historic Monument of 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].