Diocese of

Sosnowiec

Poland Poland

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Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sosnowiec / Sosnovien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Częstochowa

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Albert Chmielowski (June 17), Saint Rafał od św. Józefa Kalinowski (November 20)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 8

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2023.10.24 – ...):Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. (56)Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. (56)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Katowice (Poland)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sosnowiec (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. (56)Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. (56)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.10.24 – ...)

Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak (60)Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak (60)
(2009.02.04 – 2023.10.24)

Bishop emeritus of Sosnowiec (Poland)

Facere voluntatem tuam

Born:1964.02.24 (Choszczno, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1989.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:2009.03.28

Priest of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland) (1989.06.18 – 2009.02.04)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1998.11.28 – 2009.02.04)

Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family (2007.11.10 – 2009.02.04)

Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland) (2009.02.04 – 2023.10.24)

Bishop Adam Śmigielski
(1992.03.25 – 2008.10.07)

Da mihi animas

Born:1933.12.24 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:1957.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:1992.05.30
Died:2008.10.07 († 74)

Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2008.10.07)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Katowice (↙), Gliwice (←), Częstochowa (↑), Kielce (↗), Kraków (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 2,000 km²

Population: 599,747 Catholics (93.6% of 640,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 162 parishes

Personnel: 395 priests (347 diocesan, 48 religious), 144 religious (51 brothers, 93 sisters), 14 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.03.04

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