The Lutheran Diocese of Katowice is one of the six dioceses that constitute the
Polish Lutheran Church.
Location
Located in southern
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 populou ...
, its territory of the Lutheran Diocese of Katowice includes
Silesia
Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Silesia, Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. S ...
,
Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ;
* Silesian:
** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole''
** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole''
* Silesian German: ''Uppeln''
* Czech: ''Opolí''
* Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city l ...
,
Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a ...
, and
Polish Subcarpathia.
List of Bishops
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Robert Fiszkal : 1946~1950
*
Alfred Hauptman : 1950~1981
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Rudolf Pastucha : 1981~2002
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Tadeusz Szurman : 2002~2014
*
Marian Niemiec : 2014~
External links
Information of Lutheran Diocese Katowice(pol.)
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
Lutheran dioceses in Poland
Organisations based in Katowice
1946 establishments in Poland
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