The Diocese of Kielce () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Kielce in the ecclesiastical province of Kraków in Poland.
Its Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kielce is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.
History 1805: Established as Diocese of Kielce from the Diocese of Kraków 1818: Suppressed December 28, 1882: Restored as Diocese of Kielce
Special churches
Minor Basilicas: Bazylika Grobu Bożego, Miechów Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica (Basilica of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Bishops Bishop Wojciech Górski (1805.06.26 – 1818.02.01) Bishop Tomasz Teofil Kuliński (1883.03.15 – 1907.01.08) Bishop Augustyn Łosiński (1910.04.26 – 1937.03.03) Bishop Czesław Kaczmarek (1938.05.24 – 1963.08.26) Bishop Jan Jaroszewicz (1967.03.20 – 1980.04.17) Bishop Stanisław Szymecki (1981.03.27 – 1993.05.15), appointed Archbishop of Białystok Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan (1993.07.17 – 2014.10.11) Bishop Jan Piotrowski (since 2014.10.11)
Auxiliary Bishops Marian Florczyk (1998-) Jan Gurda (1972-1993) Kazimierz Gurda (2004-2014), appointed Bishop of Siedlce Jan Jaroszewicz (1957-1967), appointed Bishop here Mieczyslaw Jaworski (1982-2001) Andrzej Kaleta (2017-) Tomasz Teofil Kuliński (1872-1883), appointed Bishop here Edward Henryk Materski (1968-1981), appointed Bishop of Sandomierz Edward Jan Muszyński (1960-1968) Piotr Skucha (1986-1992), appointed auxiliary bishop of Sosnowiec Szczepan (Stefano) Sobalkowski (1957-1958) Franciszek Sonik (1935-1957)
Another priest of this diocese who became bishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, appointed nuncio and titular archbishop in 2020
Reports of Sexual Abuse In May 2019, a documentary called Tell No One was released featuring a priest identified as Jan A., who served the Diocese in the town Topola, who confessed to molesting young girls. Officials in the Diocese had previously investigated claims made against Jan A. and sent collected evidence to the Vatican in January 2019.
See also Roman Catholicism in Poland The Lesser Polish Way
References
Sources
GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy Diocese website