The Diocese of Rzeszów () is a
Latin Church
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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, prov ...
of the
Catholic Church
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located in the city of
Rzeszów
Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...
in the
ecclesiastical province
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of
Przemyśl
Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...
in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
.
History
* March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Rzeszów from the Diocese of Przemyśl and
Diocese of Tarnów
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, prov ...
Leadership
*
Bishop
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s of Rzeszów (Roman rite)
** Bishop
Kazimierz Górny
Kazimierz Górny (born 24 December 1937) is the former bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rzeszów.
Biography
Górny was born in 1937 in Lubień to Stanisław and Barbara Górny. After attending minor seminary and completing secondary scho ...
(March 25, 1992 – June 14, 2013)
** Bishop
Jan Wątroba
Jan Franciszek Wątroba (born 4 December 1953) is the current Roman Catholic bishop of Rzeszów, in Poland.
He was Ordained Priest in Częstochowa
Częstochowa ( , ) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta with 214,342 inhabitants, making ...
(since July 19, 2013)
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Poland
Polish members of the Catholic Church, like elsewhere in the world, are under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Latin Church includes 41 dioceses. There are three eparchies of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the country ...
Sources
GCatholic.org Diocese websiteMajor Seminary of Rzeszów
References
Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland
Christian organizations established in 1992
Rzeszów
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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