title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce
text: # Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce
  
  The Diocese of Siedlce (Latin: 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)
  