Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandomierz

Roman Catholic diocese in Poland

Diocese of Sandomierz Dioecesis Sandomiriensis Diecezja Sandomierska

Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sandomierz
Location
Country	Poland
Ecclesiastical province	Lublin
Metropolitan	Lublin
Statistics
Area	7,850 km² (3,030 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2020) 683,123 682,523 (99.9%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Bazylika Katedralna pw. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny (Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Co-cathedral	Bazylika Mniejsza Konkatedra pod wezwaniem Matki Bożej Królowej Polski in Stalowa Wola (Co-Cathedral Basilica of Mary Queen of Poland)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Krzysztof Nitkiewicz
Metropolitan Archbishop	Stanisław Budzik
Bishops emeritus	Edward Marian Frankowski
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Sandomierz (Latin: Dioecesis Sandomiriensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Sandomierz in the ecclesiastical province of Lublin in Poland.

History

The Diocese of Sandomierz was created on 30 June 1818 by Pope Pius VII in accordance with the Bull Ex imposita nobis.^[1] In 1981, its name was changed to the Diocese of Sandomierz-Radom^[1] but on 25 March 1992 the diocese of Radom was split off as part of a reorganization of the church in Poland by Pope John Paul II which added to Sandomierz 7 deaneries from Przemysl, two from Lublin and one from Tarnow.^[1]

Leadership

Bishops of Sandomierz (Roman rite)
- Bishop Krzysztof Nitkiewicz (2009.06.13 – ...)
- Bishop Andrzej Dzięga (2002.10.07 – 2009.02.21)
- Bishop Wacław Świerzawski ( 1992.03.25 – 2002.10.07)
Bishops of Sandomierz – Radom (Roman rite)
- Bishop Edward Henryk Materski (1981.03.06 – 1992.03.25)
Bishops of Sandomierz (Roman rite)
- Bishop Piotr Gołębiowski (Apostolic Administrator 1968.02.20 – 1980.11.02)
- Bishop Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. (1946.03.12 – 1967.01.04)
- Bishop Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. (Apostolic Administrator 1936.04.26 – 1946.03.12)
- Archbishop Włodzimierz Jasiński (1930.08.21 – 1934.11.30)
- Bishop Marian Józef Ryx (1910.04.07 – 1930.06.03)
- Bishop Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz (1902.09.02 – 1908.01.04)
- Bishop Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz (1883.03.15 – 1901.05.03)
- Bishop Józef Michał Juszyński (1859.04.16 – 1880.11.24)
- Bishop Józef Goldtmann (1844.01.25 – 1852.03.27)
- Bishop-elect (died before consecration) Klemens Bąkiewicz (1840.08.09 – 1842.01.02)
- Fr. Klemens Bąkiewicz (Apostolic Administrator 1831 – 1840.08.09)
- Bishop Adam Prosper Burzyński (1819.10.05 – 1830.09.09)
- Archbishop Szczepan Hołowczyc (1819.07.06 – 1819.12.17)
Auxiliary bishops (Roman rite)
- Bishop Adam Odzimek