Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga

Diocese of Warszawa-Praga Dioecesis Varsaviensis-Pragensis
Location
Country	Poland
Metropolitan	Warszawa
Statistics
Area	3,300 km^2 (1,300 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,135,000 1,092,000 (96.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Bazylika Katedralna św. Michała Archanioła i św. Floriana Męczennika (Cathedral Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian)
Co-cathedral	Konkatedra Matki Boskiej Zwycięskiej (Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Henryk Hoser
Metropolitan Archbishop	Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz
Auxiliary Bishops	Marek Solarczyk
Emeritus Bishops	Kazimierz Romaniuk Stanisław Kędziora

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga (Latin: Varsavien(sis) – Pragen(sis)) is a diocese located in the east part of Warsaw (Praga) in the Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland.

According to the church statistics about 31,4% attended a church at least once a week and about 14,6% took communion regularly (once a week or more often) in 2013.

History

• March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Warszawa – Praga from the Diocese of Płock and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa
• May 24, 2008: Archbishop Henryk Hoser S.A.C., adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and president of the Pontifical Missionary Works, was appointed as bishop of Warszawa-Praga (area 3,300, population 1,113,000, Catholics 1,088,000, priests 650, religious 1,623), Poland. He conserves his personal title of archbishop.

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego in Praga (Sacred Heart)

Leadership

• Bishops of Warszawa-Praga (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Kazimierz Romaniuk (1992 – 2004)
  • Archbishop Sławoj Leszek Głódź (2004 - 2008)
  • Archbishop Henryk Hoser (since 2008)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

Coordinates: 52°15′06″N 21°01′50″E / 52.251667°N 21.030556°E