Diocese of Kielce

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Bishop(s) Kazimierz Ryczan, Bishop Marian Florczyk, Auxiliary Bishop Kazimierz Gurda, Auxiliary Bishop

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Erected: 28 December 1882 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow} Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Poland Square Kilometers: 8,319 (3,213 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://www.kielce.opoka.org.pl/ Mailing Address: Kuria Ciecezjalna, ul. Jana Pawla II, 3, 25-013 Kielce, Polska Telephone: (041)34.45.425 Fax: 34.43.426

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Wojciech Gorski † (26 Jun 1805 Appointed - 1 Feb 1818 Died)
• Tomasz Teofil Kulinski † (15 Mar 1883 Appointed - )
• Agostino Losinski † (26 Apr 1910 Appointed - 3 Mar 1937 Died)
• Czeslaw Kaczmarek † (24 May 1938 Appointed - 26 Aug 1963 Died)
• Jan Jaroszewicz † (20 Mar 1967 Appointed - 17 Apr 1980 Died)
• Stanislaw Szymecki (27 Mar 1981 Appointed - 15 May 1993 Appointed, Archbishop of Białystok)
• Kazimierz Ryczan (17 Jul 1993 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
28 December 1882	Erected		Diocese of Kielce (erected)
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Diocese of Częstochowa Diocese of Kielce Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}	Diocese of Sosnowiec (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	840,000	842,000	99.8%	369	23	392	2,142		25	428	241	ap1951
1970	897,860	920,400	97.6%	525	54	579	1,550		79	518	247	ap1971
1980	933,973	1,000,000	93.4%	557	59	616	1,516		78	535	258	ap1981
1990	969,993	974,783	99.5%	614	66	680	1,426		91	522	321	ap1991
1999	815,000	840,000	97.0%	598	73	671	1,214		89	397	297	ap2000
2000	810,000	820,000	98.8%	603	50	653	1,240		62	386	297	ap2001
2001	793,239	817,587	97.0%	610	50	660	1,201		63	382	300	ap2002
2002	767,604	792,993	96.8%	622	60	682	1,125		84	402	300	ap2003
2003	768,525	788,824	97.4%	627	60	687	1,118		87	417	300	ap2004
2004	761,510	785,248	97.0%	627	60	687	1,108		84	404	300	ap2005
2006	774,142	796,246	97.2%	658	60	718	1,078		88	411	303	ap2007

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Marian Florczyk (Priest: 6 Jun 1981; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Feb 1998)
• Kazimierz Gurda (Priest: 11 Jun 1978; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 2004)
• Edward Henryk Materski (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Oct 1968 to 6 Mar 1981)
• Kazimierz Ryczan (Bishop: 17 Jul 1993 - )
• Piotr Skucha (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 1986 to 1992)
• Stanislaw Szymecki (Bishop: 27 Mar 1981 to 15 May 1993)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Wojciech Gorski † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1805 to 1 Feb 1818)
• Jan Gurda † (Priest: 2 Apr 1949; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jan 1972 to 16 Jan 1993)
• Jan Jaroszewicz † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Dec 1957; Bishop: 20 Mar 1967 to 17 Apr 1980)
• Mieczyslaw Jaworski † (Priest: 17 Jun 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 May 1982 to 19 Aug 2001)
• Czeslaw Kaczmarek † (Bishop: 24 May 1938 to 26 Aug 1963)
• Tomasz Teofil Kulinski † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1883)
• Agostino Losinski † (Bishop: 26 Apr 1910 to 3 Mar 1937)
• Edward Jan Muszynski † (Priest: 15 Jun 1935; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Oct 1960 to 15 Mar 1968)
• Szczepan (Stefano) Sobalkowski † (Priest: 27 Jul 1924; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jun 1957 to 12 Feb 1958)
• Franciszek Sonik † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1935 to 27 Nov 1957)