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Apostolic visitation of Bielsko-Żywiec bishop Pindel
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John Paul II creates the Bielsko-Żywiec diocese in 1992 Church reorganisation
On 25 March 1992 John Paul II established the Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec in southern Poland as part of a wide reorganisation of the country's Church structures.
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Bishop Pindel trapped by protesters in Grojec church over priest's removal
On 4 October 2026 parishioners in Grojec blocked Bishop Roman Pindel in their church over the dismissal of their parish priest, Józef Zborek.
Pope Leo XIV orders a visitation of a Polish diocese after the Grojec standoff
The Vatican is sending a bishop to check on the Bielsko-Żywiec diocese in southern Poland, after hundreds of parishioners trapped their bishop in a church.
Pope Leo XIV orders a visitation of a Polish diocese after the Grojec standoff
The Vatican has ordered an apostolic visitation of Poland's Bielsko-Żywiec diocese, weeks after a crowd kept its bishop inside a church until after midnight.