The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów ( la, Zamoscien(sis) – Lubaczovien(sis)) is a
suffragan Latin
diocese
In 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 provinces were administratively associa ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province
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of
Przemyśl in
Poland
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.
Its
cathedral
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episcopal see is Katedra Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego i św. Tomasza Apostoła, a
World Heritage Site
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dedicated to Resurrection and
the St. Thomas the Apostle, in the city of
Zamość
Zamość (; yi, זאמאשטש, Zamoshtsh; la, Zamoscia) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021.
...
,
Lubelskie. It also has
* a
Co-cathedral: Konkatedra św. Stanisława, dedicated to
Saint Stanislaus, in
Lubaczów
Lubaczów ( uk, Любачів ''Liubachiv'') is a town in southeastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine, with 12,567 inhabitants
Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), it is the capital of Lubaczów County and is loca ...
,
Podkarpackie
* a
Minor Basilica
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: Bazylika św. Antoniego z Padwy, in
Radecznica
Radecznica is a village in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Radecznica. It lies approximately west of Zamość and south of the regional capital Lublin.
...
,
Lubelskie
* a second World Heritage Site: Cerkiew św. Paraskewy, in
Radruż,
Podkarpackie.
History
* 1991: Established as
Apostolic Administration
An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
of Lubaczów, on territory split off from the
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv (in
Ukraine
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)
* Promoted on 25 March 1992 as Diocese of Zamość – Lubaczów, having gained territory from the
Diocese of Lublin
* Enjoyed
Papal visit
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s from the Polish
Pope John Paul II
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in June 1991 and June 1999.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 462,586 Catholics (94.9% of 487,500 total) on 8,144 km² in 185 parishes and 4 missions with 478 priests (451 diocesan, 27 religious), 173 lay religious (27 brothers, 146 sisters) and 45 seminarians.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all
Roman rite)
;''Suffragan Bishops of Zamość-Lubaczów''
* Jan Śrutwa (25 March 1992 – retired 5 August 2006); previously
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...
of
Liberalia
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(1984.07.25 – 1992.03.25) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Lublin (Poland) (1984.07.25 – 1992.03.25)
*
Wacław Depo (5 August 2006 – 29 December 2011), next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Częstochowa (Poland) (2011.12.29 – ...)
*
Marian Rojek (30 June 2012 – ... ), previously Titular Bishop of
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History
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(2005.12.21 – 2012.06.30) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Przemyśl (Poland) (2005.12.21 – 2012.06.30).
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Poland
The Roman Catholic Church in Poland comprises mainly sixteen Latin ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a Metropolitan, whose Archdioceses have a total of 28 suffragan Dioceses, each headed by a bishop. They are all members of the Episcopal Co ...
*
Roman Catholicism in Poland
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Sources and external links
GCatholic.org - data for all sectionsDiocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland
Roman Catholic dioceses established in 1991
1991 establishments in Poland
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