Diocese of

Warszawa-Praga

Poland

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 3,300 km²

Population: 1,098,452 Catholics (79.0% of 1,391,000 total) (2015)

Statistics: 198 parishes, 736 priests (473 diocesan, 263 religious), 1,629 lay religious (273 brothers, 1,356 sisters), 59 seminarians (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Warszawa

Neighbouring Dioceses: Warszawa (↙), Płock (↖), Łomża (↗), Drohiczyn (→), Siedlce (↘)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Wniebowzięcie Najśw. Maryi Panny, Matki Bożej Zwycięskiej (August 15), Św. Floriana (May 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 29

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History

1992.03.25: Established as Diocese of Warszawa-Praga (polski) / Warsaw-Praga (English) / Varsavia-Praga (Italiano) / Varsavien(sis)-Pragen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa and Diocese of Płock)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1991.06, 1999.06)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica, World Heritage Site (Minor): Bazylika Katedralna św. Michała Archanioła i św. Floriana Męczennika, Warszawa-Praga, Mazowieckie
Co-Cathedral, World Heritage Site (Minor): Konkatedra Matki Boskiej Zwycięskiej, Warszawa-Praga, Mazowieckie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Najswietszego Serca Jezusowego, Warszawa-Praga, Mazowieckie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Świętej Trójcy, Kobyłka, Mazowieckie
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Warszawa (↙), Płock (↖), Łomża (↗), Drohiczyn (→), Siedlce (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.12.08 – ...):	Bishop Romuald Kamiński (64)
Auxiliary Bishop (2011.10.08 – ...):	Bishop Marek Solarczyk (51) Titular Bishop of Hólar

Ordinaries

Bishops of Warszawa-Praga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Romuald Kamiński (64)
(2017.12.08 – ...)

Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

Sub Tuum Præsidium

Born:	1955.02.07 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1981.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.06.23

Titular Bishop of Aguntum (2005.06.08 – 2017.09.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk (Poland) (2005.06.08 – 2017.09.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland) (2017.09.14 – 2017.12.08)

Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland) (2017.12.08 – ...)

Archbishop Henryk Hoser, S.A.C. (76)
(2008.05.24 – 2017.12.08)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

Born:	1942.11.27 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1974.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.03.19

Titular Archbishop of Tepelta (2005.01.22 – 2008.05.24)

Adjunct Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2005.01.22 – 2008.05.24)

Archbishop-Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland) (2008.05.24 – 2017.12.08)

Archbishop Sławoj Leszek Głódź (73)
(2004.08.26 – 2008.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

Milito pro Christo

Born:	1945.08.13 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.02.23

Titular Bishop of Bettona (1991.01.21 – 1998.03.07)

Military Ordinary of Poland (Poland) (1991.01.21 – 2004.08.26)

Archbishop ad personam (2004.07.17 – 2004.08.26)

Archbishop-Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland) (2004.08.26 – 2008.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (2008.04.17 – ...)

Bishop Kazimierz Romaniuk (91)
(1992.03.25 – 2004.08.26)

Bishop emeritus of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

Jezu, ufam Tobie!

Born:	1927.08.21 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1951.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.03.04

Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria (1982.02.20 – 1992.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1982.02.20 – 1992.03.25)

Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2004.08.26)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Romuald Kamiński (64) (2017.09.14 – 2017.12.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Stanisław Kędziora (1992.03.25 – 2011.01.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski (1992.03.25 – 1997.12.06)

as of 2019.03.14

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