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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandomierz ( la, Sandomirien(sis)) is a
diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
located in the city of
Sandomierz Sandomierz (pronounced: ; la, Sandomiria) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (as of 2017), situated on the Vistula River in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Pr ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of sever ...
of
Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of ...
in
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
.


History

The Diocese of Sandomierz was created on 30 June 1818 by
Pope Pius VII Pope Pius VII ( it, Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. Chiaramonti was also a ...
in accordance with the Bull ''Ex imposita nobis''. In 1981, its name was changed to the Diocese of Sandomierz-Radom but on 25 March 1992 the diocese of Radom was split off as part of a reorganization of the church in Poland by
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
which added to Sandomierz 7 deaneries from Przemysl, two from Lublin and one from Tarnow.


Leadership

*
Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or offic ...
s of Sandomierz (Roman rite) ** Bishop Krzysztof Nitkiewicz (2009.06.13 – ...) ** Bishop Andrzej Dzięga (2002.10.07 – 2009.02.21) ** Bishop Wacław Świerzawski ( 1992.03.25 – 2002.10.07) * Bishops of Sandomierz – Radom (Roman rite) ** Bishop Edward Henryk Materski (1981.03.06 – 1992.03.25) * 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) ** Bishop Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. (Apostolic Administrator 1936.04.26 – 1946.03.12) ** Archbishop Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński (1930.08.21 – 1934.11.30) ** Bishop Marian Józef Ryx (1910.04.07 – 1930.06.03) ** Bishop Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz (1902.09.02 – 1908.01.04) ** Bishop Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz (1883.03.15 – 1901.05.03) ** Bishop Józef Michał Juszyński (1859.04.16 – 1880.11.24) ** Bishop Józef Goldtmann (1844.01.25 – 1852.03.27) ** Bishop-elect (died before consecration) Klemens Bąkiewicz (1840.08.09 – 1842.01.02) ** Fr. Klemens Bąkiewicz (Apostolic Administrator 1831 – 1840.08.09) ** Bishop Adam Prosper Burzyński (1819.10.05 – 1830.09.09) ** Archbishop Szczepan Hołowczyc (1819.07.06 – 1819.12.17) * Auxiliary bishops (Roman rite) ** Bishop Adam Odzimek


See also

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Roman Catholicism in Poland , native_name_lang = , image = Basílica_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_Licheń,_Stary_Licheń,_Polonia,_2016-12-21,_DD_36-38_HDR.jpg , imagewidth = 250px , alt = , caption = Basilica of Our Lady ...
* The Lesser Polish Way


References


GCatholic.org



External links

* Diocese of Sandomierz Religious organizations established in 1818 Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century 1818 establishments in Poland {{Europe-RC-diocese-stub