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Suffragan diocese Zielona Góra, Poland

Diocese of Zielona Góra–Gorzów

Viridimontanen(sis)-Gorzovien(sis)

Latin Church

Zielona Góra-Gorzów is a Latin Rite diocese in western Poland, established as the Diocese of Gorzów in 1972 and given its current name in 1992. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień, led by Bishop Tadeusz Lityński since 2015.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Gorzów Wielkopolski, in Zielona Góra, Poland.

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Established
1972
Catholics
932,662
Priests
583
Territory
10,805 km²

Parishes and churches

263 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Tadeusz Lityński
Born
14 June 1962
Birthplace
Kożuchów

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Gorzów Wielkopolski stands in Zielona Góra, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Hedwig, Zielona Góra.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

A suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień, the Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów (Latin: Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis) is a Latin Church jurisdiction in Poland. Its cathedral is the Katedra Wniebowzięcia NMP in Gorzów Wielkopolski, its co-cathedral in Zielona Góra is dedicated to Hedwig of Silesia (in Polish, św. Jadwigi Śląskiej), and it counts a minor basilica, the Bazylika Matki Bożej Rokitniańskiej, in Rokitno.