Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów

Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów Dioecesis Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis Diecezja Zielonogórsko-Gorzowska
Cathedral of the Assumption in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Location
Country	Poland
Ecclesiastical province	Szczecin-Kamień
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień
Statistics
Area	10,805 km2 (4,172 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 1,160,000 989,400 (85.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	28 June 1972 (As Diocese of Gorzów) 25 March 1992 (As Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów)
Cathedral	Katedra pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Gorzów Wielkopolski
Co-cathedral	Konkatedra św. Jadwigi in Zielona Góra
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Tadeusz Litynski
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrzej Dzięga
Emeritus Bishops	Adam Dyczkowski (Bishop Emeritus) Stefan Regmunt (Bishop Emeritus) Paweł Socha (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus)
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów (Latin: Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień in Lubuskie, Poland.

Co-Cathedral of St Hedwig in Zielona Góra

Its cathedral episcopal see is Katedra Wniebowzięcia NMP in Gorzów Wielkopolski
It also has a Co-cathedral św. Jadwigi Śląskiej, in Zielona Góra
and a Minor Basilica : Bazylika Matki Bożej Rokitniańskiej, Rokitno

History

• Established on 28 June 1972 as Diocese of Gorzów, on territory split off from the Diocese of Berlin, Germany
• 25 March 1992: Renamed as Diocese of Zielona Góra – Gorzów
• It enjoyed a Papal visit from the Polish Pope John Paul II in June 1997.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 989,400 Catholics (85.3% of 1,160,000 total) on 14,814 km² in 267 parishes a 2 missions with 641 priests (542 diocesan, 99 religious), 283 lay religious (107 brothers, 176 sisters) and 53 seminarians. Like in most Polish dioceses church attendance has been declining for the most recent 10 years. According to the statistics 28.1% of the dioceses population attended church services weekly in 2013, however more than 40% did so back in 2000.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Gorzów

• Wilhelm Pluta (1972.06.28 – death 1986.01.22), previously Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna (1958.07.04 – 1972.06.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1958.07.04 – 1972.06.28) and Apostolic Administrator of Territorial Prelature of Piła (Poland) (1958.07.04 – 1972.06.28)
• Józef Michalik (1986.10.01 – 1992.03.25 see below)

Bishop Tadeusz Lityński

Suffragan Bishops of Zielona Góra-Gorzów

• Józef Michalik (see above 1992.03.25 – 1993.04.17), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl (Poland) (1993.04.17 – retired 2016.04.30), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1999 – 2004.03.18), President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (2004.03.18 – 2014.03.12), Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (2011.10.02 – 2014.10)

BIOs to ELABORATE

• Adam Dyczkowski (1993.07.17 – 2007.12.29)
• Stefan Regmunt (2007.12.29 – 2015.11.23)
• Tadeusz Litynski (since 2015.11.23)

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Poland
• Roman Catholicism in Poland

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org, with Google satellite map - data for all sections
• Catholic Hierarchy

Coordinates: 52°43′51″N 15°14′21″E / 52.730918°N 15.239238°E / 52.730918; 15.239238