Roman Catholic Diocese of Rzeszów

Roman Catholic diocese in Poland

Diocese of Rzeszów Dioecesis Rzeszoviensis Diecezja Rzeszowska

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Rzeszów
Location
Country	Poland
Ecclesiastical province	Przemyśl
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Przemyśl
Statistics
Area	6,000 km (2,300 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 601,598 591,608 (98.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	25 March 1992
Cathedral	Katedra pw. Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa (Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jan Franciszek Wątroba
Metropolitan Archbishop	Adam Szal
Bishops emeritus	Kazimierz Górny Edward Eugeniusz Białogłowski
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Rzeszów (Latin: Dioecesis Rzeszoviensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Rzeszów in the ecclesiastical province of Przemyśl in Poland.

History

March 25, 1992: Established as Diocese of Rzeszów from the Diocese of Przemyśl and Diocese of Tarnów

Leadership

Bishops of Rzeszów (Roman rite)
- Bishop Kazimierz Górny (March 25, 1992 – June 14, 2013)
- Bishop Jan Wątroba (since July 19, 2013)

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Sui iuris jurisdictions	Military Ordinariate of Poland Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland (all non-Latin Catholic rites, except Ukrainians)
Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church	Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk Eparchy of Wrocław–Koszalin
See also	List of Catholic dioceses in Poland
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