Erected on 25 March 1992 by Pope John Paul II by the bull Totus Tuus Poloniae populus. The bishop’s see is Kalisz and the Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Bishop and the Co-Cathedral of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr in Ostrów Wielkopolski. The patron saint of the diocese is St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Protector of the Saviour.