Diocese of

Zielona Góra–Gorzów

Poland

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Zielona Góra–Gorzów / Viridimontanen(sis)–Gorzovien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Szczecin–Kamień

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Najświętszej Maryi Panny z Rokitna (June 18), Saint Benedetto, Saint Giovanni, Saint Izaak, Saint Mateusz and Saint Krystyn (November 13)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 9

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1972.06.28: Established as Diocese of Gorzów / Gorzovien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław and Diocese of Berlin, from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Piła and became suffragan of Wrocław)
1992.03.25: Renamed as Diocese of Zielona Góra–Gorzów / Viridimontanen(sis)–Gorzovien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Szczecin–Kamień)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1997.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.11.23 – ...):	Bishop Tadeusz Lityński (61)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.06.28 – ...):	Bishop Adrian Put (45) Titular Bishop of Furnos minor

Ordinaries

Bishops of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tadeusz Lityński (61)
(2015.11.23 – ...)

Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

Da pacem Domine in diebus nostris

Born:	1962.06.14 (Kożuchów, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1988.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.06.16

Priest of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland) (1988.06.05 – 2012.04.28)

Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus (2012.04.28 – 2015.11.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland) (2012.04.28 – 2015.11.23)

Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland) (2015.11.23 – ...)

Bishop Stefan Regmunt (72)
(2007.12.29 – 2015.11.23)

Bishop emeritus of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

Servire in caritate

Born:	1951.06.20 (Krasnystaw, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1976.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.01.06

Priest of Wrocław (Poland) (1976.05.29 – 1994.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum (1994.12.03 – 2007.12.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica (Poland) (1994.12.03 – 2007.12.29)

Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland) (2007.12.29 – 2015.11.23)

Bishop Adam Dyczkowski
(1993.07.17 – 2007.12.29)

Born:	1932.11.17 (Kęty, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.11.25
Died:	2021.01.10 (Zielona Góra, Poland † 88)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1978.09.19 – 1992)

Titular Bishop of Altava (1978.09.19 – 1993.07.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica (Poland) (1992 – 1993.07.17)

Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland) (1993.07.17 – 2007.12.29)

Bishop Józef Michalik (82) (later Archbishop)
(1992.03.25 – 1993.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Przemyśl (Poland)

Numine Tuo Domine

Born:	1941.04.20 (Zambrów, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1964.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.10.16

Priest of Łomża (Poland) (1964.05.23 – 1986.10.01)

Bishop of Gorzów (Poland) (1986.10.01 – 1992.03.25)

Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 1993.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl (Poland) (1993.04.17 – 2016.04.30)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1999 – 2004.03.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (2004.03.18 – 2014.03.12)

Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (2011.10.02 – 2014.10)

Bishops of Gorzów (Roman Rite)

Bishop Józef Michalik (82) (later Archbishop)
(1986.10.01 – 1992.03.25)

(see above)

Bishop Wilhelm Pluta
(1972.06.28 – 1986.01.22)

Born:	1910.01.09 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1934.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.09.07
Died:	1986.01.22 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna (1958.07.04 – 1972.06.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1958.07.04 – 1972.06.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Piła (Poland) (1958.07.04 – 1972.06.28)

Bishop of Gorzów (Poland) (1972.06.28 – 1986.01.22)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tadeusz Lityński (61) (2012.04.28 – 2015.11.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Dajczak (74) (1989.12.15 – 2007.06.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paweł Socha, C.M. (88) (1973.11.20 – 2012.01.16)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedra Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubuskie
Co-Cathedral: Konkatedra św. Jadwigi Śląskiej, Zielona Góra, Lubuskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Matki Bożej Rokitniańskiej, Rokitno, Lubuskie
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (271)

Görlitz (↙), Berlin (↖), Szczecin–Kamień (↑), Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (↗), Poznań (→), Wrocław (↘), Legnica (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 14,814 km²

Population: 916,271 Catholics (87.2% of 1,050,969 total)

Pastoral Centres: 270 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 583 priests (490 diocesan, 93 religious), 1 deacon, 272 religious (98 brothers, 174 sisters), 13 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.30

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