Diocese of

Kalisz

Poland

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 10,800 km²

Population: 732,100 Catholics (99.4% of 736,160 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Poznań

Neighbouring Dioceses: Wrocław (↙), Poznań (↖), Gniezno (↑), Włocławek (↗), Łódź (→), Częstochowa (↘), Opole (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Statistics: 282 parishes, 580 priests (500 diocesan, 80 religious), 507 lay religious (83 brothers, 424 sisters), 42 seminarians (2015)

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History

1992.03.25: Established as Diocese of Kalisz / Calissien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Częstochowa, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poznań, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław, Diocese of Opole and Diocese of Włocławek)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1997.06)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedra św. Mikołaja, Kalisz, Wielkopolskie
Co-Cathedral: Konkatedra św. Stanisława, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Wielkopolskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika kolegiacka Wniebowzięcia NMP, Kalisz, Wielkopolskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Matki Bożej Wspomożenia Wiernych, Twardogóra, Dolnośląskie
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Wrocław (↙), Poznań (↖), Gniezno (↑), Włocławek (↗), Łódź (→), Częstochowa (↘), Opole (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.07.21 – ...):	Bishop Edward Janiak (66)
Auxiliary Bishop (2014.07.05 – ...):	Bishop Łukasz Mirosław Buzun, O.S.P.P.E. (50) Titular Bishop of Chusira

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kalisz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edward Janiak (66)
(2012.07.21 – ...)

Bishop of Kalisz (Poland)

Oportet servire

Born:	1952.08.14 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1979.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.11.30

Titular Bishop of Scilium (1996.10.26 – 2012.07.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1996.10.26 – 2012.07.21)

Bishop of Kalisz (Poland) (2012.07.21 – ...)

Bishop Stanisław Napierała (82)
(1992.03.25 – 2012.07.21)

Bishop emeritus of Kalisz (Poland)

Ut Vitam habeant

Born:	1936.12.23 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1961.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.10.05

Titular Bishop of San Leone (1980.08.25 – 1992.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland) (1980.08.25 – 1992.03.25)

Bishop of Kalisz (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2012.07.21)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Teofil Józef Wilski (83) (1995.04.08 – 2011.10.31)

as of 2019.01.02

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