Diocese of Warszawa-Praga
Varsavien(sis)-Pragen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Warszawa-Praga, Poland
Latin-rite diocese covering eastern Warsaw (the Praga side of the Vistula) and surrounding territory, erected 25 March 1992 from the Diocese of Plock and the Archdiocese of Warsaw, of which it is a suffragan. Its mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian, with a co-cathedral of Our Lady of Victory.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 March 1992
- Latin
- Varsavien(sis)-Pragen(sis)
- Patron
- Mater Dei de Victoria
- Annuario code
- 001000141
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,113,340
- Population
- 1,418,260
- Catholic share
- 78.5%
- Priests
- 592
- Catholics per priest
- 1,881
- Extent
- 3,300 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 337
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
- Romuald Kaminski
- Born
- 7 February 1955
- Birthplace
- Janówka
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. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian, Warsaw stands in Warszawa-Praga, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory, Warsaw.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Warsaw
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Warsaw.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of PłockPłock
- Archdiocese of WarszawaWarszawa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The eastern part of Warsaw, the Praga side, forms the territory of this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Varsaviensis-Pragensis), within the ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland. Church statistics for 2013 showed about 31.4% attending church at least once a week and about 14.6% receiving communion regularly, that is once a week or more often. The diocese extends over 3,300 km2 (1,300 sq mi).
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].