Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra–Gorzów
Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów Dioecesis Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis Diecezja Zielonogórsko-Gorzowska | |
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Cathedral of the Assumption in Gorzów Wielkopolski | |
| Location | |
| Country | Poland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Szczecin-Kamień |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 10,805 km2 (4,172 sq mi) |
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| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1945 (as Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła) 8 June 1972 (As Diocese of Gorzów) 25 March 1992 (As Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów) |
| Cathedral | Katedra pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| Co-cathedral | Konkatedra św. Jadwigi in Zielona Góra |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Tadeusz Litynski |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Andrzej Dzięga |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Adrian Put |
| Bishops emeritus | Stefan Regmunt (Bishop Emeritus) Paweł Socha (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus) |
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The Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów (Latin: Viridimontanensis-Gorzoviensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.
Its cathedral is the Katedra Wniebowzięcia NMP in Gorzów Wielkopolski. It also has a co-cathedral dedicated to Hedwig of Silesia (called in Polish św. Jadwigi Śląskiej), in Zielona Góra, and a minor basilica, Bazylika Matki Bożej Rokitniańskiej, in Rokitno.