Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Zielona Góra-Gorzów
latin= Dioecesis Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis
country= Poland
metropolitan=Szczecin-Kamień
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Katedra pw. Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Gorzów Wielkopolski
cocathedral = Konkatedra św. Jadwigi in Zielona Góra
area= 10,805
population= 1,150,063
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 1,099,830
catholics_percent= 95.6
bishop= Stefan Regmunt
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops = Pawel Socha, C.M.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów {Latin: " Viridimontanen(sis)-Gorzovien(sis)"} is an diocese located in the cities of Zielona Góra and Gorzów Wielkopolski in the Ecclesiastical province of Szczecin-Kamień in Poland.
History
* June 28, 1972: Established as Diocese of Gorzów from the Diocese of Berlin, Germany
* March 25, 1992: Renamed as Diocese of Zielona Góra – Gorzów
pecial Churches
*Minor Basilica:
** Bazylika Matki Bożej Rokitniańskiej, Rokitno
Leadership
* Bishops of Zielona Góra-Gorzów (Roman rite)
** Bishop Stefan Regmunt (since 2007.12.29)
** Bishop Adam Dyczkowski (1993.07.17 – 2007.12.29)
** Archbishop Józef Michalik (1992.03.25 – 1993.04.17)
* Bishops of Gorzów (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Józef Michalik (1986.10.01 – 1992.03.25)
** Bishop Wilhelm Pluta (1972.06.28 – 1986.01.22)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Poland
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/ziel0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dziel.html Catholic Hierarchy]
* [http://www.diecezja.zgora-gorzow.opoka.org.pl/ Diocese website]
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