Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów

Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów
Dioecesis Zamosciensis-Lubaczoviensis
Diecezja Zamojsko-Lubaczowska
Cathedral of the Resurrection and St Thomas the Apostle in Zamość
Location
Country Poland
Ecclesiastical province Przemyśl
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl
Statistics
Area 8,144 km2 (3,144 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
487,881
473,946 (97.1%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 3 June 1991
Cathedral Katedra Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego
i św. Tomasza Apostoła, Zamość
(Cathedral of the Resurrection
and St. Thomas the Apostle)
Co-cathedral Konkatedra św. Stanisława, Lubaczów
(Co-Cathedral Shrine of St. Stanislaus)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Marian Rojek
Metropolitan Archbishop Adam Szal
Auxiliary Bishops Mariusz Leszczyński
Emeritus Bishops Jan Śrutwa
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów (Latin: Zamoscien(sis) – Lubaczovien(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Przemyśl in Poland.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Katedra Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego i św. Tomasza Apostoła, a World Heritage Site dedicated to Resurrection and the St. Thomas the Apostle, in the city of Zamość, Lubelskie. It also has

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 462,586 Catholics (94.9% of 487,500 total) on 8,144 km² in 185 parishes and 4 missions with 478 priests (451 diocesan, 27 religious), 173 lay religious (27 brothers, 146 sisters) and 45 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Zamość-Lubaczów
  • Jan Śrutwa (25 March 1992 – retired 5 August 2006); previously Titular Bishop of Liberalia (1984.07.25 – 1992.03.25) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Lublin (Poland) (1984.07.25 – 1992.03.25)
  • Wacław Depo (5 August 2006 – 29 December 2011), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Częstochowa (Poland) (2011.12.29 – ...)
  • Marian Rojek (30 June 2012 – ... ), previously Titular Bishop of Tisedi (2005.12.21 – 2012.06.30) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Przemyśl (Poland) (2005.12.21 – 2012.06.30).

See also

Coordinates: 50°42′59″N 23°15′01″E / 50.716518°N 23.250406°E / 50.716518; 23.250406


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