• Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce

    • The Diocese of Kielce (Latin: Dioecesis Kielcensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Kielce in the ecclesiastical province of Kraków in Poland.
    Its Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kielce is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.


    History


    1805: Established as Diocese of Kielce from the Diocese of Kraków
    1818: Suppressed
    December 28, 1882: Restored as Diocese of Kielce


    Special churches



    Minor Basilicas:
    Bazylika Grobu Bożego, Miechów
    Bazylika Matki Bożej Anielskiej, Dąbrowa Górnicza
    Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica (Basilica of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary)


    Bishops


    Bishop Wojciech Górski (1805.06.26 – 1818.02.01)
    Bishop Tomasz Teofil Kuliński (1883.03.15 – 1907.01.08)
    Bishop Augustyn Łosiński (1910.04.26 – 1937.03.03)
    Bishop Czesław Kaczmarek (1938.05.24 – 1963.08.26)
    Bishop Jan Jaroszewicz (1967.03.20 – 1980.04.17)
    Bishop Stanisław Szymecki (1981.03.27 – 1993.05.15), appointed Archbishop of Białystok
    Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan (1993.07.17 – 2014.10.11)
    Bishop Jan Piotrowski (since 2014.10.11)


    = Auxiliary Bishops

    =
    Marian Florczyk (1998-)
    Jan Gurda (1972-1993)
    Kazimierz Gurda (2004-2014), appointed Bishop of Siedlce
    Jan Jaroszewicz (1957-1967), appointed Bishop here
    Mieczyslaw Jaworski (1982-2001)
    Andrzej Kaleta (2017-)
    Tomasz Teofil Kuliński (1872-1883), appointed Bishop here
    Edward Henryk Materski (1968-1981), appointed Bishop of Sandomierz
    Edward Jan Muszyński (1960-1968)
    Piotr Skucha (1986-1992), appointed auxiliary bishop of Sosnowiec
    Szczepan (Stefano) Sobalkowski (1957-1958)
    Franciszek Sonik (1935-1957)


    = Another priest of this diocese who became bishop

    =
    Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, appointed nuncio and titular archbishop in 2020


    Reports of Sexual Abuse


    In May 2019, a documentary called Tell No One was released featuring a priest identified as Jan A., who served the Diocese in the town Topola, who confessed to molesting young girls. Officials in the Diocese had previously investigated claims made against Jan A. and sent collected evidence to the Vatican in January 2019.


    See also


    Roman Catholicism in Poland
    The Lesser Polish Way


    References




    Sources



    GCatholic.org
    Catholic Hierarchy
    Diocese website

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