Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg

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The Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Latin: Dioecesis Coslinensis-Colubregana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction of diocese of the Catholic Church in northwestern Poland. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień. The Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg's cathedral is the Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP, in Koszalin. There is also a co-cathedral, the minor basilica Bazylika Konkatedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP, in Kołobrzeg, both in Zachodniopomorskie.[1]

Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg

Dioecesis Coslinensis-Colubregana

Diecezja Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeska
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Koszalin
Location
Country Poland
Ecclesiastical provinceSzczecin-Kamień
Statistics
Area14,640 km2 (5,650 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2019)
901,120
811,430 (90%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established28 June 1972
CathedralKatedra pw. Niepokalanego Poczęcia
Najświętszej Maryi Panny in Koszalin
Co-cathedralBazylika Konkatedralna Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Maryi Panny in Kołobrzegu
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopZbigniew Zieliński
Auxiliary BishopsKrzysztof Zadarko
Bishops emeritusPaweł Cieślik
Edward Dajczak
Website
koszalin.opoka.org
Map of Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg

Statistics

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As of 2014, it pastorally served 822,058 Catholics (90.0% of 912,929 total) on 14,640 km² in 220 parishes with 574 priests (439 diocesan, 135 religious), 367 lay religious (142 brothers, 225 sisters) and 53 seminarians.[1] According to the Polish Institute of the Catholic Church Statistics, weekly mass attendance was 25% in 2013 making the diocese the second least devoutly religious one in Poland after the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.

Precursor bishopric of Kołobrzeg

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Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Kołobrzeg

In 1000 the Diocese of Kołobrzeg was established in Kołobrzeg by Polish ruler Bolesław I the Brave, along with the dioceses of Wrocław and Kraków and the Archdiocese of Gniezno, as one of the oldest Polish dioceses (the only older diocese being the diocese of Poznań, established in 968).

In 1015 it was however suppressed, its territory being reassigned partly to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno (from 1145 however signed over to the exempt Diocese of Kammin, and partly to establish the Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze (which would merge into aforementioned Gniezno). Only one residential bishop of Kołobrzeg is recorded: Reinbern (1000 – 1007), died 1013.

History

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Episcopal ordinaries

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Suffragan Bishops of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg [1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg, Poland".
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