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Diocese of Gliwice

Dioecesis Glivicensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Sławomir Oder, Bishop
  • Andrzej Iwanecki, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Jan Kopiec, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 25 March 1992
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Katowice
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Poland
  • Square Kilometers: 2,250 (869 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.kuria.gliwice.pl/
  • Mailing Address: Kuria Diecezjalna, ul. Luzycka 1, 44-101 Gliwice, Polska
  • Telephone: (032)230.71.42
  • Fax: 230.78.88

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
25 March 1992ErectedDiocese of Częstochowa (Nowe Chechło, Świerklaniec, Orzech, Sucha Góra (of Piekary), Herby Polskie)
Diocese of Katowice (Lubliniec, Sadów, Tarnowskie Góry Centrum, Tarnowskie Góry Zachód, and Woźniki)
Diocese of Opole (Bytom, Bytom-Miechowice, Gliwice, Gliwice Łabędy, Kuźnia Raciborska (except Racibórz-Markowice), Pyskowice, Zabrze, Zabrze-Mikulczyce, and part of Toszek; Bojszów, Pławniowice, Poniszowice, Rudno, and Taciszów (from Ujazd); Koty, ...)
Diocese of Gliwice (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999691,000765,00090.3%2971484451,552172310149ap2000
2000694,000765,00090.7%3001594591,511184300149ap2001
2001690,950762,05090.7%3081654731,460186245150ap2002
2002690,000761,90090.6%3101424521,526164229152ap2003
2003681,000749,80090.8%3181464641,467169208152ap2004
2004667,796731,93391.2%3031394421,510161237153ap2005
2006662,092727,49291.0%3121534651,4231175240154ap2007
2013642,562708,50490.7%3521374891,314156208155ap2014
2016621,000690,34990.0%3461494951,2541171180156ap2017
2019586,876661,73188.7%3421454871,2052171170156ap2020
2021587,763658,37789.3%3481565041,1661182170156ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 84, Page 1,099, to Page 1,112

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