Roman Catholic Diocese of Legnica location map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Legnica ( la, Legnicen(sis)) is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

located in the city of

Legnica Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda (Kaczawa), Czarna Woda ...

in the

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. According to the Catholic Church statistics 30.1% of the population attended a church every Sunday and holy obligation day or more often in 2013.

History

* March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Legnica from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas: ** Bazylika św. Erazma i św. Pankracego w Jeleniej Górze ** Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Krzeszów ** Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i św. Mikołaja w Bolesławcu

Leadership

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

s of Legnica (Roman rite) ** Bishop Tadeusz Rybak (1992.03.25 – 2005.03.19) ** Bishop

Stefan Cichy Bishop Stefan Cichy is a Roman Catholic bishop emeritus of Legnica in Poland. He was born on 30 March 1939 in Przyszowice, Poland and was a survivor of the Przyszowice massacre. He was ordained a priest on 23 June 1963 and on 12 September 199 ...

(2005.03.19 – 2014.04.16) ** Bishop

Zbigniew Kiernikowski Zbigniew Kiernikowski (born 2 July 1946 in Szamarzewo) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who was bishop of Legnica from 2014 to 2021 and of Siedlice from 2002 to 2014. Biography Kiernikowski was ordained to the priesthood on 6 June 1971 ...

(2014.04.16 – 2021.06.28) ** Bishop

Andrzej Siemieniewski Andrzej Siemieniewski ( (approx. pron.: /'andjay sheme'neffskee/), born August 8, 1957) is the Poland, Polish Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Wrocław (since 2006). Biography Early life Andrzej Henryk Siemieniewski was born in Wrocław ...

(since 2021.06.28)

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
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History

Special churches

Leadership

See also

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