Archdiocese of Szczecin–Kamień
Sedinen(sis)-Caminen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Szczecin–Kamień, Poland
Szczecin-Kamień is a Latin Rite metropolitan archdiocese in northwestern Poland, erected as a diocese in 1972 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1992. Its suffragan sees are Koszalin-Kołobrzeg and Zielona Góra-Gorzów.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 June 1972
- Latin
- Sedinen(sis)-Caminen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003140
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 975,450
- Population
- 1,014,003
- Catholic share
- 96.2%
- Extent
- 12,754 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 76
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
- Archbishop
- Wiesław Śmigiel
- Born
- 3 January 1969
- Birthplace
- Święć nad Wisłą
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 St. James the Apostle, Szczecin stands in Szczecin–Kamień, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Kamień Pomorski.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Szczecin-Kamień
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Koszalin–KołobrzegKoszalin
- Diocese of Zielona Góra–GorzówZielona Góra
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Two Polish cities, Szczecin and Kamień Pomorski, hold the sees of this Latin Church archdiocese, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin and Kamień (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Sedinensis-Caminensis). In 2013, 24,3% of its population attended church services weekly or more often, the lowest figure of any diocese 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].