Diocese of Wigry

Dioecesis Vigierscensis
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Formation1799
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
Dissolved1818

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wigry (Latin: Dioecesis Vigierscensis) was a Latin rite diocese of the Catholic Church.

History

The Diocese of Wigry was established on 16 March 1799, via the papal bull Saepe factum est. The Diocese originally contained 90 parishes from the Diocese of Vilnius, 44 parsishes from the Diocese of Lutsk and 15 parishes from the Diocese of Samogitia.[1] The formation of the Diocese of Wigry was announced through the papal bull Prospiciendo feliciati fidelium on 11 July 1800.[2] In 1807, following the creation of the Duchy of Warsaw, 53 parishes of the Diocese were annexed by the Diocese of Vilnius.[3]


Bishops

The following served as bishops of Wigry:

References

  1. ^ Sawicki, Ryszard (2017). "Diecezja wigierska I jej dziedzictwo historyczno-pastoralne". Studia Ełckie (in Polish). 19 (3): 363–379.
  2. ^ Kumor, Bolesław (1967). "Bulla erekcyjna diecezji wigierskiej". Archiwa, Biblioteki I Muzea Kościelne (in Polish). 14: 257–269. doi:10.31743/abmk.6536.
  3. ^ Jemielity, Witold (1989). "Podział administracyjny diecezji wigierskiej, diecezji augustowskiej, czyli sejneńskiej i diecezji łomżyńskiej" (PDF). Studia Łomżyńskie (in Polish). 2: 163–179.

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