Wigry () is a small
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Suwałki
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Gmina Suwałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Suwałki, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers ...
, within
Suwałki County
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Suwałki County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the Lithuanian border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local gov ...
,
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in northeastern Poland. The name of the voivodeship refers to the historical region of Podlachia (in Polish, ''Podlasie''), and significant part of its territory corresponds to th ...
, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of
Suwałki
Suwałki (; ; or סוּוואַלק) is a city in northeastern Poland with a population of 69,206 (2021). It is the capital of Suwałki County and one of the most important centers of commerce in the Podlaskie Voivodeship.
A relatively young ci ...
and north of the regional capital
Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area.
Biał ...
.
The local landmark is the
Baroque
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monastery with the Immaculate Conception church.
Ecclesiastical history
The
Diocese of Wigry was established on 25 March 1798 on territories split off from the then dioceses of
Samogitia
Samogitia, often known by its Lithuanian language, Lithuanian name ''Žemaitija'' (Samogitian language, Samogitian: ''Žemaitėjė''; see Samogitia#Etymology and alternative names, below for alternative and historical names) is one of the five ...
(now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas) and
Vilnius
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(now also Metropolitan Archdiocese) and former
Luck
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(merged).
It was suppressed on 30 June 1818, after only two incumbents, its territory being reassigned to establish the
Diocese of Sejny, to which its last incumbent was appointed.
Titular see
It was nominally restored in October 2014 as a Latin Catholic
titular bishopric
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.
So far it has had a single incumbent, of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
* Marek Szkudło (since 2014.12.13),
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
of
Katowice
Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...
(Poland)
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Poland
References
External links
GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links
Populated lakeshore places in Poland
Villages in Suwałki County
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