Roman Catholic Diocese of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg

The Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Latin: Dioecesis Coslinensis-Colubregana) 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 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.^[1]

As of 2014^[update] , it pastorally served 822,058 Catholics (90.0% of 912,929 total) on 14,640 km2 in 220 parishes with 574 priests (439 diocesan, 135 religious), 367 lay religious (142 brothers, 225 sisters) and 53 seminarians.^[1] 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.

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 (the only older diocese being the diocese of Poznań, established in 968).

In 1015 it was however suppressed, its territory being reassigned partly to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno (from 1145 however signed over to the exempt Diocese of Kammin), and partly to establish the Diocese of Kujawy–Pomorze (which would merge into aforementioned Gniezno). Only one residential bishop of Kołobrzeg is recorded: Reinbern (1000 – 1007), died 1013.

• 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年03月25日 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年02月24日 to establish the Diocese of Bydgoszcz

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Suffragan Bishops of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg ^[1]

• Ignacy Ludwik Jeż (1972年06月28日 – retired 1992年02月01日), died 2006; previously Titular Bishop of Alba marittima (1960年04月20日 – 1972年06月28日), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Gniezno (Gnesen, Poland) (1960年04月20日 – 1967), then as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Wrocław (Breslau, Poland) (1967 – 1972年06月28日)
• Czesław Domin (1992年02月01日 – death 1996年03月15日), previously Titular Bishop of Dagnum (1970年06月06日 – 1992年02月01日) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Katowice (Poland) (1970年06月06日 – 1992年02月01日)
• Marian Gołębiewski (1996年07月20日 – 2004年04月03日), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) (2004年04月03日 – retired 2013年05月18日)
• Kazimierz Nycz (2004年06月09日 – 2007年03月03日), previously Titular Bishop of Villa regis (1988年05月14日 – 2004年06月09日) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Kraków (Cracovia, Poland) (1988年05月14日 – 2004年06月09日); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (2007年03月03日 – ...), Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (2007年06月09日 – ...), created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (2010年11月20日 [2011年04月29日] – ...)
• Edward Dajczak (2007年06月23日 – ), previously Titular Bishop of Azura (1989年12月15日 – 2007年06月23日) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów (Poland) (1989年12月15日 – 2007年06月23日).

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