Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów

The Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów (Latin: Dioecesis Zamosciensis-Lubaczoviensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the Ecclesiastical province of Przemyśl in Poland.

Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów

Dioecesis Zamosciensis-Lubaczoviensis

Diecezja Zamojsko-Lubaczowska
Cathedral of the Resurrection and St Thomas the Apostle in Zamość
Location
CountryPoland
Ecclesiastical provincePrzemyśl
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Przemyśl
Statistics
Area8,144 km2 (3,144 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2020)
471,000
457,000 (97%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteLatin Rite
Established3 June 1991
CathedralKatedra Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego
i św. Tomasza Apostoła, Zamość
(Cathedral of the Resurrection
and St. Thomas the Apostle
)
Co-cathedralKonkatedra św. Stanisława, Lubaczów
(Co-Cathedral Shrine of St. Stanislaus)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMarian Rojek
Metropolitan ArchbishopAdam Szal
Auxiliary BishopsMariusz Leszczyński
Bishops emeritusJan Śrutwa
Website
Website of the Diocese
Map of Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów

Its cathedral episcopal see is Katedra Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego i św. Tomasza Apostoła, a World Heritage Site dedicated to Resurrection and the St. Thomas the Apostle, in the city of Zamość, Lubelskie. It also has

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 462,586 Catholics (94.9% of 487,500 total) on 8,144 km² in 185 parishes and 4 missions with 478 priests (451 diocesan, 27 religious), 173 lay religious (27 brothers, 146 sisters) and 45 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Zamość-Lubaczów

See also

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