Diocese of Siedlce

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The Diocese of Siedlce (Latin: Siedlecen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. Its episcopal see is Siedlce. The Diocese of Siedlce is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin.

History

  • June 30, 1818: Established as Diocese of Podlachia
  • 1867: Suppressed to Diocese of Lublin
  • 1918: Restored as Diocese of Podlachia
  • October 28, 1925: Renamed as Diocese of Siedlce

Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:

Leadership

  • Bishops of Siedlce
  • Bishops of Podlachia (Roman rite) Bishop Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki (1918.09.24 – 1925.10.28); Bishop Piotr Paweł Beniamin Szymański (1856.09.18 – 1867); Bishop Jan Marceli Gutkowski (1826.07.03 – 1842.05.19); Bishop Feliks Łukasz Lewiński (1819.03.29 – 1825.04.05)