Diocese of Sandomierz

Historical Details

• Diocese of Sandomierz
  • Latin Name: Sandomiriensis
  • Erected: 30 June 1818
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}
  • Country: Poland

• Diocese of Sandomierz-Radom
  • Latin Name: Sandomiriensis-Radomensis
  • Name Changed: 3 October 1981
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}
  • Country: Poland

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Szczepan Hołowczyc † (29 Mar 1819 Appointed - 17 Dec 1819 Appointed, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw})
• Ladislas Adam Prosper Burzyński, O.F.M. Ref. † (17 Dec 1819 Appointed - 9 Sep 1830 Died)
• Clément Bąkiewicz † (24 Jan 1842 Confirmed - Did Not Take Effect)
• Józef Joachim Goldtmann † (25 Jan 1844 Appointed - 27 Mar 1852 Died)
• Józef Michal Juszyński † (15 Apr 1859 Appointed - 24 Nov 1880 Died)
• Antoni Franciszek Ksawery Sotkiewicz † (15 Mar 1883 Appointed - 4 May 1901 Died)
• Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz † (17 Sep 1902 Appointed - 4 Jan 1908 Died)
• Marian Józef Ryx † (7 Apr 1910 Appointed - 1 Jun 1930 Died)
• Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński † (21 Aug 1930 Appointed - 30 Nov 1934 Appointed, Bishop of Łódź)
• Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. † (12 Mar 1946 Appointed - 4 Jan 1967 Died)
• Edward Henryk Materski † (6 Mar 1981 Appointed - 25 Mar 1992 Appointed, Bishop of Radom)
• Wacław Józef Świerzawski † (25 Mar 1992 Appointed - 7 Oct 2002 Retired)
• Andrzej Dzięga (7 Oct 2002 Appointed - 21 Feb 2009 Appointed, Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień)
• Krzysztof Nitkiewicz (13 Jun 2009 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Sandomierz
1950	951,830	1,075,678	88.5%	449	36	485	1,962		46	736	248	ap1951
1970	1,146,000	1,165,000	98.4%	585	75	660	1,736		94	759	271	ap1971
1980	1,178,000	1,221,000	96.5%	592	81	673	1,750		92	854	273	ap1981
Diocese of Sandomierz-Radom
1990	1,366,640	1,396,000	97.9%	707	100	807	1,693		124	766	351	ap1991
Diocese of Sandomierz
1999	709,319	729,476	97.2%	469	58	527	1,345		83	469	229	ap2000
2000	709,274	729,418	97.2%	470	57	527	1,345		83	470	230	ap2001
2001	708,105	728,145	97.2%	471	70	541	1,308		98	473	231	ap2002
2002	707,695	727,813	97.2%	485	63	548	1,291		90	471	235	ap2003
2003	707,721	727,946	97.2%	490	61	551	1,284		73	415	236	ap2004
2004	707,270	727,495	97.2%	493	69	562	1,258		77	424	236	ap2005
2010	701,426	721,648	97.2%	585	68	653	1,074		79	406	239	ap2011
2014	638,712	683,597	93.4%	573	71	644	991		84	368	242	ap2015
2017	677,713	679,432	99.7%	571	64	635	1,067		76	355	242	ap2018
2020	682,523	683,123	99.9%	545	77	622	1,097		87	329	242	ap2021
2022	674,748	675,312	99.9%	539	64	603	1,118		75	318	242	ap2023
2023	671,922	672,147	100.0%	542	67	609	1,103		75	330	242	ap2024

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Wacław Tomasz Depo (Priest: 3 Jun 1978 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Andrzej Dzięga (Bishop: 7 Oct 2002 to 21 Feb 2009)
• Edward Marian Frankowski (Priest: 18 Jun 1961 to 16 Feb 1989; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Mar 1992 to 6 Oct 2012)
• Krzysztof Nitkiewicz (Bishop: 13 Jun 2009 - )
• Stanislaw Wojciech Wielgus

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Clément Bąkiewicz † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1842 - Did Not Take Effect)
• Ladislas Adam Prosper Burzyński, O.F.M. Ref. † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1819 to 9 Sep 1830)
• Alexander Dobrzański † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Dec 1819 to 1831)
• Jan Fondalinski †
• Józef Joachim Goldtmann † (Bishop: 25 Jan 1844 to 27 Mar 1852)
• Piotr Golebiowski † (Priest: 12 Oct 1924; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jun 1957; Apostolic Administrator: 20 Feb 1968 to 2 Nov 1980)
• Szczepan Hołowczyc † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1819 to 17 Dec 1819)
• Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński † (Bishop: 21 Aug 1930 to 30 Nov 1934)
• Franciszek Jop † (Priest: 29 Aug 1920; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Oct 1945 to 25 May 1967)
• Józef Michal Juszyński † (Bishop: 15 Apr 1859 to 24 Nov 1880)
• Edward Komar †
• Paweł Franciszek Kubicki † (Priest: 16 Jul 1893; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Jul 1918 to 11 Feb 1944)
• Tomasz Teofil Kuliński †
• Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †
• Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Apr 1936; Bishop: 12 Mar 1946 to 4 Jan 1967)
• Edward Henryk Materski † (Bishop: 6 Mar 1981 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Bl. Antoni Julian Nowowiejski †
• Adam Odzimek † (Priest: 31 May 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Apr 1985 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Antoni Pawłowski †
• Marian Józef Ryx † (Bishop: 7 Apr 1910 to 1 Jun 1930)
• Antoni Franciszek Ksawery Sotkiewicz † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1883 to 4 May 1901)
• Wacław Józef Świerzawski † (Bishop: 25 Mar 1992 to 7 Oct 2002)
• Stanislaw Adam Sygnet † (Priest: 25 May 1952; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Sep 1976 to 1 Nov 1985)
• Piotr Wojciech Turzyński † (Priest: 28 May 1988 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Walenty Wójcik † (Priest: 11 Jun 1939; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Oct 1960 to 22 Nov 1990)
• Marian Kazimierz Zimałek † (Priest: 29 May 1955; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Apr 1987 to 29 Dec 2007)
• Antoni Jacek Zimniak †
• Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1902 to 4 Jan 1908)

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