Diocese of Legnica
The Diocese of Legnica is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Legnica in the ecclesiastical province of Wrocław in Poland. According to the Catholic Church statistics 30.1% of the population attended a church every Sunday and holy obligation day or more often in 2013.
History
- March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Legnica from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław
- December 25, 2013: An Eucharistic Miracles knowns as Eucharistic Miracles of Legnica happened. A consecrated host transformed into heart muscle human tissue in agony. This was confirmed by the University of Wrocław and University of Szczecin.
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- * Bazylika św. Erazma i św. Pankracego w Jeleniej Górze
- * Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Krzeszów
- * Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i św. Mikołaja w Bolesławcu
Leadership
- Bishops of Legnica
- * Bishop Tadeusz Rybak
- * Bishop Stefan Cichy
- * Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski
- * Bishop Andrzej Siemieniewski