Diocese of Sandomierz, Poland

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sandomierz / Sandomirien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lublin

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

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

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 22

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1818.06.30: Established as Diocese of Sandomierz / Sandomirien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kraków, from the suppressed Diocese of Kielce and became suffragan of Warszawa)
1882.12.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kielce
1981.10.03: Renamed as Diocese of Sandomierz–Radom / Sandomirien(sis)–Radomen(sis) (Latin)
1992.03.25: Renamed as Diocese of Sandomierz / Sandomirien(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from Diocese of Przemyśl, lost territory to establish Diocese of Radom, exchanged territory with Diocese of Lublin and became suffragan of Lublin)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1991.06, 1999.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.06.13 – ...):

Bishop Krzysztof Nitkiewicz (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sandomierz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Krzysztof Nitkiewicz (64)
(2009.06.13 – ...)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland)

Misericordias Domini cantabo

Born:	1960.07.17 (Białystok, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1985.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.07.04

Priest of Białystok (Poland) (1985.06.19 – 2009.06.13)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1996.01.22 – 2009.06.13)

Undersecretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2002.03.15 – 2009.06.13)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (2009.06.13 – ...)

Bishop Andrzej Dzięga (71) (later Archbishop)
(2002.10.07 – 2009.02.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

Dominus Jesus

Born:	1952.12.14 (Radzyn Podlaski, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1977.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.11.24

Priest of Siedlce (Poland) (1977.06.11 – 2002.10.07)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (2002.10.07 – 2009.02.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland) (2009.02.21 – 2024.02.24)

Bishop Wacław Świerzawski
(1992.03.25 – 2002.10.07)

Apostolus Jesu Christi

Born:	1927.05.14 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1949.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.04.28
Died:	2017.10.07 († 90)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2002.10.07)

Bishops of Sandomierz–Radom (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edward Henryk Materski
(1981.03.06 – 1992.03.25)

Veni Domine Jesu

Born:	1923.01.06 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1947.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.12.22
Died:	2012.03.24 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ Sirenses (1968.10.29 – 1981.03.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (1968.10.29 – 1981.03.06)

Bishop of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland) (1981.03.06 – 1992.03.25)

Bishop of Radom (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 1999.06.28)

Bishops of Sandomierz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Piotr Gołębiewski
(Apostolic Administrator 1968.02.20 – 1980.11.02)

Bishop Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M.
(1946.03.12 – 1967.01.04)

Born:	1886.10.20 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1911.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.06.07
Died:	1967.01.04 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Modra (1936.04.26 – 1946.03.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Sandomierz (Poland) (1936.04.26 – 1946.03.12)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1946.03.12 – 1967.01.04)

Bishop Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1936.04.26 – 1946.03.12)

Bishop Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński (later Archbishop)
(1930.08.21 – 1934.11.30)

Born:	1873.06.12 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1895.10.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.10.05
Died:	1965.04.17 († 91)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1930.08.21 – 1934.11.30)

Bishop of Łódź (Poland) (1934.11.30 – 1946.12.12)

Titular Archbishop of Drizipara (1946.12.12 – 1965.04.17)

Bishop Marian Józef Ryx
(1910.04.07 – 1930.06.03)

Born:	1853.12.10 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1879.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.06.19
Died:	1930.06.03 († 76)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1910.04.07 – 1930.06.03)

Bishop Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz
(1902.09.17 – 1908.01.04)

Born:	1842.12.26
Ordained Priest:	1869.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.11.28
Died:	1908.01.04 († 65)

Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1897.08.02 – 1902.09.17)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1902.09.17 – 1908.01.04)

Bishop Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz
(1883.03.15 – 1901.05.03)

Born:	1826.01.12 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1849.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.05.20
Died:	1901.05.03 († 75)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1883.03.15 – 1901.05.03)

Bishop Józef Michał Juszyński
(1859.04.16 – 1880.11.24)

Born:	1793.09.18 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1816.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1859.07.10
Died:	1880.11.24 († 87)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1859.04.16 – 1880.11.24)

Bishop Józef Joachim Goldtmann
(1844.01.25 – 1852.03.27)

Born:	1782.03.21
Ordained Priest:	1806.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1838.11.18
Died:	1852.03.27 († 70)

Coadjutor Bishop of Carystus (Greece) (1838.09.17 – 1844.01.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kujawy–Kaliska (Poland) (1838.09.17 – 1844.01.25)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1844.01.25 – 1852.03.27)

Fr. Klemens Bąkiewicz
(1840.08.09 – 1842.01.02 not possessed)

Born:	(Poland)
Died:	1842.01.02

Apostolic Administrator of Sandomierz (Poland) (1831 – 1840.08.09)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1840.08.09 – 1842.01.02 not possessed)

Fr. Klemens Bąkiewicz
(Apostolic Administrator 1831 – 1840.08.09)

Bishop Adam Prosper Burzyński
(1820.03.19 – 1830.09.09)

Born:	1753 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1778.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1820.05.26
Died:	1830.09.09 († 76)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) ([1819.10.05] 1820.03.19 – 1830.09.09)

Bishop Szczepan Hołowczyc (later Archbishop)
(1819.03.29 – 1819.09.08)

Born:	1741.08.17 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1772.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1819.06.06
Died:	1823.08.27 († 82)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1819.03.29 – 1819.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1819.12.17 – 1823.08.27)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Marian Frankowski (87) (1992.03.25 – 2012.10.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marian Kazimierz Zimałek (1987.04.29 – 2007.12.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adam Odzimek (1985.04.03 – 1992.03.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Stanisław Adam Sygnet (1976.09.20 – 1985.11.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Walenty Wójcik (1960.10.26 – 1990.11.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Piotr Gołębiewski (1957.06.03 – 1968.02.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franciszek Jop (1945.10.24 – 1959)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paweł Franciszek Kubicki (1918.07.29 – 1944.02.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alexander Dobrzański (1819.12.17 – 1831?)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Bazylika Katedralna Narodzenia NMP, Sandomierz, Świętokrzyskie
Co-Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Bazylika Konkatedralna pod wezwaniem Matki Bożej Królowej Polski, Stalowa Wola, Podkarpackie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Trójcy Świętej, Święty Krzyż, Świętokrzyskie
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Tarnów (↙), Kielce (←), Radom (↖), Lublin (↗), Zamość–Lubaczów (→), Przemyśl (↘), Rzeszów (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,850 km²

Population: 671,922 Catholics (100.0% of 672,147 total)

Pastoral Centres: 242 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 609 priests (542 diocesan, 67 religious), 405 religious (75 brothers, 330 sisters), 22 seminarians