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The Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień ( la, Sedinen(sis) – Caminen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the cities of Szczecin and
Kamień Pomorski Kamień Pomorski (; csb, Kamiéń; german: Cammin or ''Kammin'') is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It is the seat of an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kamień County whic ...
in
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. With 24,3% of its population attending church services weekly or more in 2013 it is the least devoutly religious diocese in Poland.


History

* 1945: part of the territory of the Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła * June 28, 1972: Created as Diocese of Szczecin – Kamień, part of the ecclesiastical province of Gniezno, from the northwestern part of the territory of the Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła, previously part of the Diocese of Berlin in
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* March 25, 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin – Kamień


Leadership

* Archbishop Jerzy Stroba (28 Jun 1972 Appointed – 21 Sep 1978 Appointed, Archbishop of Poznań) * Archbishop Kazimierz Jan Majdański (1 Mar 1979 Appointed – 25 Mar 1992 Retired) * Archbishop Marian Przykucki (25 Mar 1992 Appointed – 1 May 1999 Retired) * Archbishop Zygmunt Kamiński (1 May 1999 Appointed – 21 Feb 2009 Retired) * Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga (21 Feb 2009 Appointed – )


Suffragan dioceses

* Koszalin-Kołobrzeg * Zielona Góra-Gorzów


See also

*
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Sources


GCatholic.org



Diocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland Szczecin-Kamien Diocese {{Europe-RC-diocese-stub