Diocese of

Łowicz

Poland

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Łowicz / Lovicen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Łódź

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Victoria (November 11), Blessed Honorat Koźmiński (October 13)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 14

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1992.03.25: Established as Diocese of Łowicz / Lovicen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa, Diocese of Łódź and Diocese of Płock and became suffragan of Warszawa)
2004.02.24: Became suffragan of Łódź

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1999.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2024.03.09 – ...):	Bishop Wojciech Tomasz Osial (53) Titular Bishop of Cediæ
Auxiliary Bishop (2015.12.24 – ...):	Bishop Wojciech Tomasz Osial (53) Titular Bishop of Cediæ

Ordinaries

Bishops of Łowicz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wojciech Tomasz Osial (53)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.03.09 – ...)

Bishop Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba (73)
(2004.03.27 – 2024.03.09)

Bishop emeritus of Łowicz (Poland)

Born:	1950.10.10 (Pleszew, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.05.22

Priest of Gniezno (Poland) (1975.06.21 – 2004.03.27)

Bishop of Łowicz (Poland) (2004.03.27 – 2024.03.09)

Bishop Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C.
(1992.03.25 – 2004.03.27)

Christo in aliis servire

Born:	1928.06.21 (Baranowice Śląskie, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.12.08
Died:	2019.02.21 (Łowicz, Poland † 90)

Titular Bishop of Vissalsa (1989.09.08 – 1992.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (1989.09.08 – 1992.03.25)

Bishop of Łowicz (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2004.03.27)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Józef Zawitkowski (1992.03.25 – 2013.12.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Bazylika katedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Mikołaja, Łowicz, Łódzkie
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Włocławek (↖), Płock (↑), Warszawa (→), Radom (↘), Łódź (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 5,806 km²

Population: 581,122 Catholics (97.0% of 598,842 total)

Pastoral Centres: 167 parishes

Personnel: 353 priests (291 diocesan, 62 religious), 410 religious (70 brothers, 340 sisters), 14 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.04.14

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