Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg
The Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction of diocese of the Catholic Church in northwestern Poland. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Roman [Catholic Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień|Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień]. The Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg's cathedral is the Katedra Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP, in Koszalin. There is also a co-cathedral, the minor basilica Bazylika Konkatedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP, in Kołobrzeg, both in Zachodniopomorskie.
Statistics
, it pastorally served 822,058 Catholics on 14,640 km² in 220 parishes with 574 priests, 367 lay religious and 53 seminarians. According to the Polish Institute of the Catholic Church Statistics, weekly mass attendance was 25% in 2013 making the diocese the second least devoutly religious one in Poland after the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.Precursor bishopric of Kołobrzeg
[Image:Kolobrzeg Cathedral Basilica WNW 2011-04.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Kołobrzeg]In 1000 the Diocese of Kołobrzeg was established in Kołobrzeg by Polish ruler Bolesław I the Brave, along with the dioceses of Wrocław and Kraków and the Archdiocese of Gniezno, as one of the oldest Polish dioceses.
In 1015 it was however suppressed, its territory being reassigned partly to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno, and partly to establish the Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze. Only one residential bishop of Kołobrzeg is recorded: Reinbern, died 1013.
History
- 1945 - part of Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła
- Established on June 28, 1972 as Diocese of Koszalin – Kołobrzeg, part of the ecclesiastical province of Gniezno, on territories split off from the Diocese of Berlin and from parts of the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Piła, but formally restoring the Kołobrzeg diocese.
- Enjoyed a Papal visit from the Polish Pope John Paul II in June 1991.
- Gained territory on 1992.03.25 from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, retroceedimg at the same time eastern deaneries to the Diocese of Chełmno, and made part of the ecclesiastical province of Szczecin-Kamień
- Lost territory on 2004.02.24 to establish the Diocese of Bydgoszcz
Episcopal ordinaries
- Ignacy Ludwik Jeż, died 2006; previously Titular Bishop of Alba marittima, first as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Gniezno, then as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Wrocław
- Czesław Domin, previously Titular Bishop of Dagnum as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Katowice
- Marian Gołębiewski, next Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław
- Kazimierz Nycz, previously Titular Bishop of Villa regis as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Kraków ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa, Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite, created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
- Edward Dajczak, previously Titular Bishop of Azura as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów .
- Zbigniew Zieliński, previously Titular Bishop of Medeli as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Gdańsk ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań