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Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów Dioecesis Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis Diecezja Zielonogórsko-Gorzowska | |
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Location | |
Country | Poland |
Ecclesiastical province | Szczecin-Kamień |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,805 km2 (4,172 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 1,062,734 932,662 (87.8%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1945 (as Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła) 8 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 |
Auxiliary Bishops | Adrian Put |
Bishops emeritus | Stefan Regmunt (Bishop Emeritus) Paweł Socha (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus) |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów ( Latin: Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.
Its cathedral is the Katedra Wniebowzięcia NMP in Gorzów Wielkopolski. It also has a co-cathedral dedicated to Hedwig of Silesia (called in Polish św. Jadwigi Śląskiej), in Zielona Góra, and a minor basilica, Bazylika Matki Bożej Rokitniańskiej, in Rokitno.
As of 2014 [update], 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 declined in the 21st century. 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.