Roman Catholic Diocese of Swidnica

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Swidnica is a diocese positioned in the town of Swidnica in the Ecclesiastical province of Wroclaw in Poland. In 2013, approximately 28.7% of the dioceses populace attended a church on Sundays frequently according to the church statistics. The new diocese became created from the mixture of 13 deaneries of the Archdiocese of Wroclaw and 8 deaneries of the Diocese of Legnica. On February 24, 2004, John Paul II introduced the election of Swidnica as the capital of the brand new diocese in Lower Silesia.

On March 19, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Adam Balabuch, the first auxiliary bishop inside the diocese. An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in assembly the pastoral and administrative desires of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops also can be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist. In Catholic Church, auxiliary bishops exist in both the Latin Church and inside the Eastern Catholic Churches.