15.12.2022 - The presented book "Religious denominations in Poland in 2019-2021" is the 10th edition of the cyclical publishing series of the Statistic Poland. At the beginning of the publication, selected aspects of the methodology of statistical surveys of religious denominations in Poland are discussed...

08.12.2021 - We were saddened by the death of prof. Jan Kordos (1930-2021), an outstanding statistician, former vice-president of the #StatisticsPoland. The funeral will be held on 9th December at 1 pm in the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Opaczewska Street in Warsaw....

28.02.2020 - This book is the 9th edition of the periodical series. As always, it presents statistical data on the functioning of churches and religious associations, thus depicting the religious structure of Poland. The book contains information about the number of believers, clergy, parishes, places of...

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The member of the church hierarchy with the highest ordination, a successor of the Apostles. Since the consecration he has a sanctifying, teaching and governing duties which can be carried out only in the hierarchical community with the Head of the College of Bishops, the Roman Pontiff (pope)....

In Roman Catholic Church - particular Church, or a part of universal Church, a territorial unit established according to Canon Law governed by the diocesan bishop and belonging to the church province called metropolis; in special cases subordinate directly to the Pope; the following are in...

A person who performs public sacral functions, called by ordination, election or nomination, belonging to the clergy. In Catholic Church, the clergy includes: deacons, priests, bishops and friars....

A small sacred building, detached or connected with a larger architectural complex, or a separate side part of a church with an altar for liturgy.

A person belonging to the clergy who has ordination and theological education and is therefore authorised to have a church office or is capable to have it.

A territorial unit of church and the community of believers, entrusted by the bishop to the rector of a given parish; by law having legal personality.

All clergymen who make a hierarchical community consisting of grades determined by the scope of the held power in church; they comprise diocese presbytery, remaining in connection with a bishop....

The territory on which adherents of a given church or religious association reside. Such units in most denominations consist of a hierarchical structure, e.g., parish (community, congregation) dekanat, diocese (district), province (metropolis), each differentiated based on territorial coverage and...

Dwellings constituting the property of: 1) private organizations involved in the building or buying of dwellings for profit: for sale or for rental; 2) trade unions, associations, foundations, political parties, professional and economic self-governments; 3) the Roman-Catholic Church and other...

An entity that meets at least one of the following criteria: 1) corporate or non-corporate entity operating against provisions on the relations between the State and the Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland, on the State position on other churches and religious unions, and on the guaranteed...

Constituted by an organisational unit of a poviat that was appointed by a Staroste or an entity (NGOs, legal persons, Catholic Church and other churches and religious organisations conducting their activities in the field of family support and foster care system or social assistance) that was...

A person or institution that is not a direct producer of the service purchased, e.g. travel agency, workplace, school, social, trade union or sports organisation, church or religious organisation, etc....