In 1991, Pope John Paul II erected an apostolic administration in Lubaczów. The Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów was created on 25 March 1992 by Pope John Paul II by the bull Totus Tuus Poloniae populus. The capital of the diocese is Zamość with the Cathedral of the Resurrection of the Lord and St. Thomas the Apostle and the Co-Cathedral of Bl. James Strzemię and St. Stanislaus, bishop, in Lubaczów. The patron of the diocese is the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Redeemer.