Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce

Diocese of Kielce
Dioecesis Kielcensis

Assumption Cathedral in Kielce
Location
Country Poland
Metropolitan Kraków
Statistics
Area 8,319 km2 (3,212 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
796,246
774,142 (90.5%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Marii Panny
(Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Jan Piotrowski
Auxiliary Bishops Marian Florczyk

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce (Latin: Kielcen(sis)) is an diocese located in the city of Kielce in the Ecclesiastical province of Kraków in Poland.

History

Special churches

Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica

Leadership

See also

Sources

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Kielce.


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