Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamość–Lubaczów

Roman Catholic diocese in Poland

Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów Dioecesis Zamosciensis-Lubaczoviensis Diecezja Zamojsko-Lubaczowska

Cathedral of the Resurrection and St Thomas the Apostle in Zamość
Location
Country	Poland
Ecclesiastical province	Przemyśl
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Przemyśl
Statistics
Area	8,144 km² (3,144 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2020) 471,000 457,000 (97%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	3 June 1991
Cathedral	Katedra Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego i św. Tomasza Apostoła, Zamość (Cathedral of the Resurrection and St. Thomas the Apostle)
Co-cathedral	Konkatedra św. Stanisława, Lubaczów (Co-Cathedral Shrine of St. Stanislaus)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Marian Rojek
Metropolitan Archbishop	Adam Szal
Auxiliary Bishops	Mariusz Leszczyński
Bishops emeritus	Jan Śrutwa
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów (Latin: Dioecesis Zamosciensis-Lubaczoviensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of Przemyśl in Poland.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Katedra Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego i św. Tomasza Apostoła, a World Heritage Site dedicated to Resurrection and the St. Thomas the Apostle, in the city of Zamość, Lubelskie. It also has

a Co-cathedral: Konkatedra św. Stanisława, dedicated to Saint Stanislaus, in Lubaczów, Podkarpackie
a Minor Basilica: Bazylika św. Antoniego z Padwy, in Radecznica, Lubelskie
a second World Heritage Site: Cerkiew św. Paraskewy, in Radruż, Podkarpackie.

History

1991: Established as Apostolic Administration of Lubaczów, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv (in Ukraine)
Promoted on 25 March 1992 as Diocese of Zamość – Lubaczów, having gained territory from the Diocese of Lublin
Enjoyed Papal visits from the Polish Pope John Paul II in June 1991 and June 1999.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 462,586 Catholics (94.9% of 487,500 total) on 8,144 km² in 185 parishes and 4 missions with 478 priests (451 diocesan, 27 religious), 173 lay religious (27 brothers, 146 sisters) and 45 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Zamość-Lubaczów

Jan Śrutwa (25 March 1992 – retired 5 August 2006); previously Titular Bishop of Liberalia (1984.07.25 – 1992.03.25) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Lublin (Poland) (1984.07.25 – 1992.03.25)
Wacław Depo (5 August 2006 – 29 December 2011), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Częstochowa (Poland) (2011.12.29 – ...)
Marian Rojek (30 June 2012 – ... ), previously Titular Bishop of Tisedi (2005.12.21 – 2012.06.30) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Przemyśl (Poland) (2005.12.21 – 2012.06.30).