The Roman Catholic Diocese of Radom ( la, Radomen(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

Radom Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of a separate Radom Voivodeship (1975–1 ...

in the

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Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...

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History

* March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Radom from the Diocese of Sandomierz – Radom

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas: ** Bazylika św. Filipa Neri i św. Jana Chrzciciela kk. Filipinów
(''Basilica of St. Philip Neri and St. John the Baptist'') in Studzianna ** Bazylika św. Kazimierza (''Basilica of St. Casimir''), Radom

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 Radom (Roman rite) ** Bishop

Edward Henryk Materski Edward Henryk Materski (6 January 1923 – 24 March 2012) was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who served from 1992 to 1999. Biography Edward Henryk Materski was born in Vilnius and ordained a priest on 20 May 1947. Materski was appoi ...

(25 March 1992 – 28 June 1999) ** Bishop

Jan Chrapek 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 Numb ...

, C.S.M.A. (28 June 1999 – 18 October 2001) ** Bishop

Zygmunt Zimowski Zygmunt Zimowski (7 April 1949 – 13 July 2016) was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop Zimowski had served until his death in July 2016 as President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers, ...

(28 March 2002 – 18 April 2009) ** Bishop

Henryk Tomasik Henryk Marian Tomasik (born 4 January 1946) is the current bishop of Radom since his installation on 14 November 2009. He previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce. Tomasik was born in Łuków in the Diocese of Siedlce. After completin ...

(16 October 2009 – 04 January 2020) ** Bishop

Marek Solarczyk Marek Solarczyk (born 13 April 1967) is a Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop-elect of Radom. Formation A native of Wołomin, in east-central Poland, he studied at the Metropolitan Higher Seminary in Warsaw and received his priestly ordinati ...

(appointed 04 January 2021) * Auxiliary bishops of Radom **Bishop

Adam Odzimek Adam Odzimek (7 October 1944 – 13 March 2022) was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate. Odzimek was born in Radom, Poland, on 7 October 1944. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1969. He served as titular bishop of 'Tadamata' and was auxiliary bi ...

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland

Roman Catholic Diocese of Radom The Roman Catholic Diocese of Radom ( la, Radomen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Radom in the Ecclesiastical province of Częstochowa in Poland. History * March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Radom from the Diocese of Sandomierz ...

Christian organizations established in 1992

Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Europe-RC-diocese-stub

History

Special churches

Leadership

See also

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