Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce

The Diocese of Siedlce (Siedlecen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. Its episcopal see is Siedlce. The Diocese of Siedlce is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin.

History

 * June 30, 1818: Established as Diocese of Podlachia
 * 1867: Suppressed to Diocese of Lublin
 * 1918: Restored as Diocese of Podlachia
 * October 28, 1925: Renamed as Diocese of Siedlce

Special churches

 * Minor Basilicas:
 * Bazylika św. Anny (Sanktuarium Maryjne), Kodeń (Basilica of St. Ann)
 * Bazylika św. Jana Chrzciciela Sanktuarium Maryjne, Parczew ( Basilica of St. John the Baptist)
 * Sanktuarium Maryjne, Leśna Podlaska

Leadership

 * Bishops of Siedlce
 * Bishop Kazimierz Gurda (since 2014.05.24)
 * Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski (2002.03.28 – 2014.04.16)
 * Bishop Jan Wiktor Nowak (1996.03.25 – 2002.03.25)
 * Bishop Jan Mazur (1968.10.24 – 1996.03.25)
 * Bishop Ignacy Świrski (1946.04.12 – 1968.03.25)
 * Bishop Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki (1925.10.28 – 1939.05.09)
 * Bishops of Podlachia (Roman rite)
 * Bishop Henryk Ignacy Przeździecki (1918.09.24 – 1925.10.28)
 * Bishop Piotr Paweł Beniamin Szymański (1856.09.18 – 1867)
 * Bishop Jan Marceli Gutkowski (1826.07.03 – 1842.05.19)
 * Bishop Feliks Łukasz Lewiński (1819.03.29 – 1825.04.05)