Diocese of Łowicz, Poland 🇵🇱

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Łowicz / Lovicen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Łódź

Neighbouring Dioceses: Włocławek (↖), Płock (↑), Warszawa (→), Radom (↘), Łódź (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Victoria (November 11), Blessed Honorat Koźmiński (October 13)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 14

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1992.03.25: Established as Diocese of Łowicz / Lovicen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa, Diocese of Łódź and Diocese of Płock and became suffragan of Warszawa)
2004.02.24: Became suffragan of Łódź

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1999.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.09.12 – ...):

Bishop Wojciech Tomasz Osial (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Łowicz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wojciech Tomasz Osial (55)
(2024.09.12 – ...)

Bishop of Łowicz (Poland)

Dominus cor intuetur

Born:	1970.11.19 (Łowicz, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1995.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.02.04

Priest of Łowicz (Poland) (1995.05.25 – 2015.12.24)

Titular Bishop of Cediæ (2015.12.24 – 2024.09.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Łowicz (Poland) (2015.12.24 – 2024.09.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Łowicz (Poland) (2024.03.09 – 2024.09.12)

Bishop of Łowicz (Poland) (2024.09.12 – ...)

Bishop Wojciech Tomasz Osial (55)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.03.09 – 2024.09.12)

Bishop Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba (75)
(2004.03.27 – 2024.03.09)

Bishop emeritus of Łowicz (Poland)

Soli Deo

Born:	1950.10.10 (Pleszew, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.05.22

Priest of Gniezno (Poland) (1975.06.21 – 2004.03.27)

Bishop of Łowicz (Poland) (2004.03.27 – 2024.03.09)

Bishop Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C.
(1992.03.25 – 2004.03.27)

Christo in aliis servire

Born:	1928.06.21 (Baranowice Śląskie, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.12.08
Died:	2019.02.21 (Łowicz, Poland † 90)

Titular Bishop of Vissalsa (1989.09.08 – 1992.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (1989.09.08 – 1992.03.25)

Bishop of Łowicz (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2004.03.27)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wojciech Tomasz Osial (55) (2015.12.24 – 2024.09.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Józef Zawitkowski (1992.03.25 – 2013.12.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Bazylika katedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Mikołaja, Łowicz, Łódzkie
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Włocławek (↖), Płock (↑), Warszawa (→), Radom (↘), Łódź (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,806 km²

Population: 569,350 Catholics (95.1% of 598,802 total)

Pastoral Centres: 167 parishes

Personnel: 344 priests (286 diocesan, 58 religious), 408 religious (66 brothers, 342 sisters), 6 seminarians