Diocese of Kielce, Poland 🇵🇱

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kielce / Kielcen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kraków

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Stanislaus da Szczepanów (May 8), Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek (October 9)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 26

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1805.06.13: Established as Diocese of Kielce / Kielcen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, Diocese of Chełm–Lublin and Diocese of Kraków and became suffragan of Gniezno)
1818.06.30: Suppressed (to Diocese of Kraków and to establish Diocese of Sandomierz)
1882.12.28: Restored as Diocese of Kielce / Kielcen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Sandomierz and became suffragan of Warszawa)
1925.10.28: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków, lost territory to establish Diocese of Częstochowa and became suffragan of Kraków
1992.03.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sosnowiec

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1991.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.10.11 – ...):	Bishop Jan Piotrowski (72)
Auxiliary Bishop (1998.02.21 – ...):	Bishop Marian Florczyk (71) Titular Bishop of Limata
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.11.08 – ...):	Bishop Andrzej Kaleta (68) Titular Bishop of Maxita

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kielce (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jan Piotrowski (72)
(2014.10.11 – ...)

Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

In caritate evangelium prædicare

Born:	1953.01.05 (Szczurowa, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1980.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.01.25

Priest of Tarnów (Poland) (1980.05.25 – 2013.12.14)

Titular Bishop of Sinitis (2013.12.14 – 2014.10.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (2013.12.14 – 2014.10.11)

Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (2014.10.11 – ...)

Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan
(1993.07.17 – 2014.10.11)

In vinculo communionis

Born:	1939.02.10 (Żurawica, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.09.11
Died:	2017.09.13 (Kielce, Poland † 78)

Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (1993.07.17 – 2014.10.11)

Bishop Stanisław Szymecki (later Archbishop)
(1981.03.27 – 1993.05.15)

Diliges

Born:	1924.01.26 (Katowice-Zaleska Halda, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1947.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.04.12
Died:	2023.09.26 (Białystok, Poland † 99)

Priest of Katowice (Poland) (1947.07.03 – 1981.03.27)

Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (1981.03.27 – 1993.05.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Białystok (Poland) (1993.05.15 – 2000.11.16)

Bishop Jan Jaroszewicz
(1967.03.20 – 1980.04.17)

Born:	1903.05.27 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1925.10.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.02.11
Died:	1980.04.17 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Letopolis (1957.12.10 – 1967.03.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (1957.12.10 – 1967.03.20)

Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (1967.03.20 – 1980.04.17)

Bishop Czeslaw Kaczmarek
(1938.05.24 – 1963.08.26)

Omnia pro Christo rege

Born:	1895.04.16 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1922.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.09.04
Died:	1963.08.26 († 68)

Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (1938.05.24 – 1963.08.26)

Bishop Agostino Losinski
(1910.04.26 – 1937.03.03)

Born:	1867.01.08 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1892.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.06.05
Died:	1937.03.03 († 70)

Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (1910.04.26 – 1937.03.03)

Bishop Tommaso Teofilo Kulinski
(1883.03.15 – 1907)

Born:	1823.12.12
Ordained Priest:	1849.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.10.03
Died:	1907.01.08 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Satala (1872.02.23 – 1883.03.15)

Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (1883.03.15 – 1907)

Bishop Wojciech Gorski
(1805.06.26 – 1818.02.01)

Born:	1739.03.31
Ordained Priest:	1769.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1809.10.15
Died:	1818.02.01 († 78)

Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (1805.06.26 – 1818.02.01)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Kazimierz Gurda (72) (2004.12.18 – 2014.04.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Piotr Skucha (79) (1986.12.18 – 1992.03.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mieczysław Jaworski (1982.05.07 – 2001.08.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jan Gurda (1972.01.07 – 1993.01.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Henryk Materski (1968.10.29 – 1981.03.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Jan Muszynski (1960.10.26 – 1968.03.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jan Jaroszewicz (1957.12.10 – 1967.03.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Szczepan Sobalkowski (1957.06.03 – 1958.02.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franciszek Sonik (1935.12.16 – 1957.11.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP, Kielce, Świętokrzyskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Groby Bożego, Miechów, Małopolskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Narodzenia NMP, Wiślica, Świętokrzyskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika św. Marcina, Pacanów, Świętokrzyskie
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Kraków (↙), Sosnowiec (↙), Częstochowa (←), Radom (↑), Sandomierz (→), Tarnów (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,319 km²

Population: 723,209 Catholics (89.8% of 805,155 total)

Pastoral Centres: 304 parishes

Personnel: 775 priests (655 diocesan, 120 religious), 416 religious (138 brothers, 278 sisters), 25 seminarians