Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra and Gorzów
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The Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów (Latin: 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 metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.
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Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów Dioecesis Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis Diecezja Zielonogórsko-Gorzowska | |
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Location | |
Country | Poland |
Ecclesiastical province | Szczecin-Kamień |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,805 km2 (4,172 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 1,062,734 932,662 (87.8%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1945 (as Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła) 8 June 1972 (As Diocese of Gorzów) 25 March 1992 (As Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów) |
Cathedral | Katedra pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Gorzów Wielkopolski |
Co-cathedral | Konkatedra św. Jadwigi in Zielona Góra |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Tadeusz Litynski |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Andrzej Dzięga |
Auxiliary Bishops | Adrian Put |
Bishops emeritus | Stefan Regmunt (Bishop Emeritus) Paweł Socha (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus) |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
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Its cathedral is the Katedra Wniebowzięcia NMP in Gorzów Wielkopolski. It also has a co-cathedral dedicated to Hedwig of Silesia (called in Polish św. Jadwigi Śląskiej), in Zielona Góra, and a minor basilica, Bazylika Matki Bożej Rokitniańskiej, in Rokitno.