Diocese of Sosnowiec, Poland 🇵🇱

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sosnowiec / Sosnovien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Częstochowa

Neighbouring Dioceses: Katowice (↙), Gliwice (←), Częstochowa (↑), Kielce (↗), Kraków (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Albert Chmielowski (June 17), Saint Rafał od św. Józefa Kalinowski (November 20)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 8

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1992.03.25: Established as Diocese of Sosnowiec / Sosnovien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków, Diocese of Częstochowa and Diocese of Kielce and became suffragan of Częstochowa)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.04.23 – ...):

Bishop Artur Ważny (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sosnowiec (Roman Rite)

Bishop Artur Ważny (59)
(2024.04.23 – ...)

Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland)

Patris corde

Born:	1966.10.12 (Rzeszów, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1991.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.01.30

Priest of Tarnów (Poland) (1991.05.25 – 2020.12.12)

Titular Bishop of Mazaca (2020.12.12 – 2024.04.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (2020.12.12 – 2024.04.23)

Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland) (2024.04.23 – ...)

Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. (58)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.10.24 – 2024.04.23)

Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak (62)
(2009.02.04 – 2023.10.24)

Bishop emeritus of Sosnowiec (Poland)

Facere voluntatem tuam

Born:	1964.02.24 (Choszczno, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.28

Priest of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland) (1989.06.18 – 2009.02.04)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1998.11.28 – 2009.02.04)

Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family (2007.11.10 – 2009.02.04)

Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland) (2009.02.04 – 2023.10.24)

Bishop Adam Śmigielski
(1992.03.25 – 2008.10.07)

Da mihi animas

Born:	1933.12.24 (Przemyśl, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.05.30
Died:	2008.10.07 (Sosnowiec, Poland † 74)

Bishop of Sosnowiec (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2008.10.07)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Piotr Skucha (79) (1992.03.25 – 2021.06.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek (1992.03.25 – 1998.08.31)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP, Sosnowiec, Śląskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Matki Boskiej Anielskiej, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Śląskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa, Dąbrowa Górnicza-Strzemieszyce Wielkie, Śląskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika św. Andrzeja Apostoła, Olkusz, Małopolskie
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (163)

Katowice (↙), Gliwice (←), Częstochowa (↑), Kielce (↗), Kraków (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,000 km²

Population: 590,855 Catholics (91.7% of 644,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 162 parishes

Personnel: 391 priests (344 diocesan, 47 religious), 146 religious (50 brothers, 96 sisters), 14 seminarians