Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra–Gorzów: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Latin Catholic diocese in Poland}}

{{more citations needed|date=June 2022}}

|metropolitan =

|denomination = [[Catholic Church]]

|sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]

|rite = [[Roman Rite]]

|established = 1945<br><small>(as Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła)</small><br>8 June 1972<br><small>(As Diocese of Gorzów)</small><br>25 March 1992<br><small>(As Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów)</small>

|population = 1,062,734

|population_as_of = 2020

|catholics = 932,662

|catholics_percent= 87.8

|auxiliary_bishops= [[Adrian Put]]

The '''Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów''' ({{lang-la|Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis}}) is a [[Latin Church]] ecclesiastical jurisdiction or [[diocese]] of the [[Catholic Church]] in [[Poland]]. It is a [[suffragan]] in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of the [[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|metropolitan]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień|Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień]].

Its [[cathedral]] is the ''Katedra Wniebowzięcia NMP'' in [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]]. It also has a [[co-cathedral]] dedicated to [[Hedwig of Silesia]] (called in [[Polish language|Polish]] ''św. Jadwigi Śląskiej''), in [[Zielona Góra]], and a [[minor basilica]], ''Bazylika Matki Bożej Rokitniańskiej'',in [[Rokitno, Międzyrzecz County|Rokitno]].

{{See also|Bishopric of Lebus}}

* Established in 1945 as '''Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła''' with see in [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]], on the territories encompassing the [[Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl]] and the part of the [[Diocese of Berlin]], [[Germany]], awarded to Poland, with reference in the name to the historical [[Bishopric of Lebus]] and [[Bishopric of Cammin]]

* Established on 28 June 1972 as '''Diocese of Gorzów''', part of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław|ecclesiastical province of Wrocław]], from the southwestern part of the territory of the dissolved Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła with see in [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]], formerly the western part of the [[Prelature of Schneidemühl]], and the eastern part of the [[Diocese of Berlin]], [[Germany]]

* 25 March 1992: Renamed as '''Diocese of Zielona Góra – Gorzów''' and made part of the newly established [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień|ecclesiastical province of Szczecin-Kamień]], lost territory to [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg|Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg]]

{{As of|2014}}, it pastorally served 989,400 Catholics (85.3% of 1,160,000 total) on 14,814&nbsp;km² in 267 parishes a 2 missions with 641 priests (542 diocesan, 99 religious), 283 lay religious (107 brothers, 176 sisters) and 53 seminarians. Like in most Polish dioceses, [[church attendance]] has declined in the 21st century. According to the statistics 28.1% of the dioceses population attended church services weekly in 2013, however more than 40% did so back in 2000.

;''Apostolic Administrators and Vicars of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła'' with see in [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]]

*1945–1951: Administrator [[Edmund Nowicki]] (1900–1971), deposed and banished by [[Bolesław Bierut]] government

*1951–1952: Vicar [[Tadeusz Załuczkowski]]

*1952–1956: Vicar [[Zygmunt Szelążek]]

*1956–1958: Administrator [[Teodor Bensch]] (1903–1958)

*1958: [[Józef Michalski]]

*1958–1972 ''see below'': Administrator [[Wilhelm Pluta]] (1910–1986), advanced to Bishop of Gorzów

;''Diocesan Bishops of Gorzów''

* [[Wilhelm Pluta]] (''see above'' 1972.06.28 – death 1986.01.22)

;''Diocesan Bishops of Zielona Góra-Gorzów''

=== Auxiliary Bishops===

* [[Edward Dajczak]] (1989.12.15 – 2007.06.23)

* [[Paweł Socha (bishop)|Paweł Socha]], [[Congregation of the Mission|C.M.]] (1973.11.20 – 2012.01.16)

* [[Adrian Put]] (since 28 June 2022) <ref>Vatican Press Office, [https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2022/06/28/220628a.html Resignations and Appointments, 28.06.2022], accessed 29 June 2022</ref>

[[Image:Zielona Góra, konkatedra św. Jadwigi (4).jpg|thumb|220px|left| Co-Cathedral of St Hedwig in [[Zielona Góra]]]]

[[Image:Tadeusz Lityński, biskup.jpg|thumb|210px|right| Bishop Tadeusz Lityński]]

==References==

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{{Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland|state=collapsed}}