Diocese of Siedlce, Poland 🇵🇱

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Siedlce / Siedlecen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lublin

Neighbouring Dioceses: Radom (↙), Warszawa (←), Warszawa-Praga (←), Drohiczyn (↑), Pinsk (→), Lutsk (↘), Lublin (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Simon and Saint Jude Thaddaeus (October 28), Saint Josaphat Kuntsevich (November 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 22

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1818.06.30: Established as Diocese of Podlachia / Janów / Podlachien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kraków, Diocese of Lublin, Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz, Diocese of Płock and Diocese of Poznań and became suffragan of Warszawa)
1925.10.28: Renamed as Diocese of Siedlce / Siedlecen(sis) (Latin)
1992.03.25: Became suffragan of Lublin

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1999.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.04.16 – ...):	Bishop Kazimierz Gurda (72)
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.04.16 – ...):	Bishop Grzegorz Suchodolski (62) Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta

Ordinaries

Bishops of Siedlce (Roman Rite)

Bishop Kazimierz Gurda (72)
(2014.04.16 – ...)

Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

Jesu in Te confido

Born:	1953.08.20 (Ksiaznice Wielkie, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1978.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.02.05

Priest of Kielce (Poland) (1978.06.11 – 2004.12.18)

Titular Bishop of Chusira (2004.12.18 – 2014.04.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (2004.12.18 – 2014.04.16)

Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (2014.04.16 – ...)

Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski (79)
(2002.03.28 – 2014.04.16)

Bishop emeritus of Legnica (Poland)

Posłuszeństwo Ewangelii Eucharystia

Born:	1946.07.02 (Szamarzewo, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1971.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.05.20

Priest of Gniezno (Poland) (1971.06.06 – 2002.03.28)

Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (2002.03.28 – 2014.04.16)

Bishop of Legnica (Poland) (2014.04.16 – 2021.06.28)

Bishop Jan Wiktor Nowak
(1996.03.25 – 2002.03.25)

Tuis inhærere mandatis

Born:	1931.10.05 (Toruń, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1956.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.03.25
Died:	2002.03.25 (Siedlce, Poland † 70)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena (1982.02.20 – 1996.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1982.02.20 – 1996.03.25)

Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (1996.03.25 – 2002.03.25)

Bishop Jan Mazur
(1968.10.24 – 1996.03.25)

Magnificat anima mea Dominum

Born:	1920.06.05 (Ploskie, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.08.06
Died:	2008.09.26 (Siedlce, Poland † 88)

Titular Bishop of Bladia (1961.04.25 – 1968.10.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland) (1961.04.25 – 1968.10.24)

Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (1968.10.24 – 1996.03.25)

Bishop Ignacy Swirski
(1946.04.12 – 1968.03.25)

Born:	1885.09.20 (Ellerno, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1913.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.06.30
Died:	1968.03.25 (Siedlce, Poland † 82)

Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (1946.04.12 – 1968.03.25)

Bishop Henryk Ignazio Przezdziecki
(1925.10.28 – 1939.05.09)

Born:	1873.02.17 (Warszawa, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1895.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.11.17
Died:	1939.05.09 († 66)

Bishop of Podlachia (Poland) (1918.09.24 – 1925.10.28)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1919 – 1925)

Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (1925.10.28 – 1939.05.09)

Bishops of Podlachia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Henryk Ignazio Przezdziecki
(1918.09.24 – 1925.10.28)

(see above)

Bishop Franciszek Jaczewski
(Apostolic Administrator 1889.12.30 – 1914.07.23)

Bishop Kazimierz Józef Wnorowski
(Apostolic Administrator 1883.03.15 – 1885.04.20)

Bishop Walenty Baranowski
(Apostolic Administrator 1869 – 1879.08.12)

Bishop Piotr Pawel Beniamin Szymański
(1856.09.18 – 1867)

Born:	1793.06.18 (Warszawa, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1816.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1857.02.01
Died:	1868.01.15 († 74)

Bishop of Podlachia (Poland) (1856.09.18 – 1867)

Bishop Jan Marceli Gutkowski (later Archbishop)
(1826.07.03 – 1856)

Born:	1776.05.26 (Witkowo Pawlaki, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1799?
Consecrated Bishop:	1826.10.01
Died:	1863.10.02 (Lviv, Ukraine † 87)

Bishop of Podlachia (Poland) (1826.07.03 – 1856)

Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis (1856.09.18 – 1863.10.02)

Bishop Feliks Łukasz Lewiński
(1819.03.30 – 1825.04.05)

Born:	1751.10.24 (Lewino, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1776.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1795.03.19
Died:	1825.04.05 (Swięte, Poland † 73)

Titular Bishop of Erythræ (1794.09.12 – 1819.03.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kujawy–Kaliska (Poland) (1794.09.12 – 1819.03.30)

Bishop of Podlachia (Poland) (1819.03.30 – 1825.04.05)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Piotr Henryk Sawczuk (64) (2013.01.19 – 2019.06.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Henryk Marian Tomasik (80) (1992.11.21 – 2009.10.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. (1989.09.08 – 1992.03.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wacław Skomorucha (1962.11.21 – 1992.02.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marian Jankowski (1948.01.19 – 1962.06.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ceslao Sokołowski (1919.07.25 – 1946)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Józef Twarowski (1857.08.03 – 1868.01.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francesco Lewiński (1826.07.03 – 1854.07.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP, Siedlce, Mazowieckie
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Bazylika Trójcy Przenajświętszej, Janów Podlaski, Lubelskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika św. Anny, Kodeń, Lubelskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika św. Jana Chrzciciela Sanktuarium Maryjne, Parczew, Lubelskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika św. Piotra i św. Pawła, Leśna Podlaska, Lubelskie
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Radom (↙), Warszawa (←), Warszawa-Praga (←), Drohiczyn (↑), Pinsk (→), Lutsk (↘), Lublin (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,440 km²

Population: 685,337 Catholics (96.9% of 707,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 249 parishes

Personnel: 663 priests (597 diocesan, 66 religious), 347 religious (79 brothers, 268 sisters), 28 seminarians