Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice
Roman Catholic archdiocese in Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roman Catholic archdiocese in Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Katowice (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Katovicensis) is the Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. It is an ecclesiastical province in Western Poland.
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Katowice Archidioecesis Metropolitae Katovicensis Archidiecezja Metropolita Katowicka | |
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Location | |
Country | Poland |
Ecclesiastical province | Katowice |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,400 km2 (930 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 1,461,000 1,390,000 (95.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Adrian Joseph Galbas S.A.C. |
Auxiliary Bishops | Marek Szkudło Adam Wodarczyk Grzegorz Olszowski |
Bishops emeritus |
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Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Archikatedra Chrystusa Króla, dedicated to Christ the King, in the city of Katowice, Śląskie.
It has several Minor basilicas :
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and these suffragan bishoprics:
On 7 November 1922, the Holy See disentangled the Roman Catholic parishes in the Polish Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship, territorially comprising the East of formerly Austrian Cieszyn Silesia (since 1918) and formerly German East Upper Silesia (since 1922) from the then Diocese of Breslau as a permanent Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia on 17 December the same year.
As per 2021, it pastorally served 1,390,000 Catholics (95.1% of 1,461,000 total) on 2,400 km² in 322 parishes and 6 missions with 1,066 priests (938 diocesan, 128 religious), 5 deacons, 1,023 lay religious (193 brothers, 830 sisters) and 49 seminarians.
formerly Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1997.12.13 – 2011.10.29)
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