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The Diocese of Gliwice ( la, Glivicen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. Its
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Diocese website
The Diocese of Gliwice ( la, Glivicen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. Its episcopal see
An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
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is located in the city of Gliwice. The Diocese of Gliwice is a suffragan diocese
A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ...
in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Katowice
The Archdiocese of Katowice ( la, Katovicen(sis)) is the Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of an ecclesiastical province in Western Poland.
Special churches
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Archikatedra Chrystusa Króla, dedicated to Christ th ...
. , about 91% of the population in the territory of the diocese is self-described Catholic, however only 39% are practising Catholics.
History
* March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Gliwice from the Diocese of Częstochowa, Diocese of Katowice, and the Diocese of OpoleLeadership
* Bishops of Gliwice ** Bishop Jan Walenty Wieczorek (March 25, 1992 – December 29, 2011) ** BishopJan Kopiec
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to:
Acronyms
* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
* Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article N ...
(since December 29, 2011)
* Auxiliary bishops of Gliwice
** Bishop Gerard Kusz (March 25, 1992 – November 15, 2014)
** Bishop Andrzej Iwanecki
Andrzej Iwanecki (born 3 November 1960 in Siemianowice Śląskie) is a Polish auxiliary bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gliwice.
Life
He was born into a Catholic family. Between 1979 and 1986, he studied philosophy and theology in the sem ...
(since January 7, 2018)
See also
* Roman Catholicism in PolandSources
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Diocese website
References