Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warsaw

For the Lutheran diocese, see Lutheran Diocese of Warsaw.

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warsaw (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Varsaviensis, Polish: Archidiecezja Metropolita Warszawska) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland encompassing the Polish capital. It was erected on October 16, 1798 and was elevated to an Archdiocese on June 30, 1818.

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warsaw Archidioecesis Metropolitae Varsaviensis Archidiecezja Metropolita Warszawska
St. John's Cathedral after the post-war reconstruction
Location
Country	Poland
Statistics
Area	3,350 km2 (1,290 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2020) 1,558,000 1,467,000 (94,2%)
Parishes	210
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite (or Roman Rite)
Established	16 October 1798 (as Diocese of Warszawa) 30 June 1818 (Archdiocese of Warsaw)
Cathedral	St. John's Cathedral, Warsaw
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Adrian Joseph Galbas
Auxiliary Bishops	Piotr Jarecki Rafał Markowski Michał Janocha
Bishops emeritus	Kazimierz Nycz
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

A Metropolitan See, its suffragan dioceses are the Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga. According to the archdiocese's statistics, 30.4% of its population attended a church weekly in 2013. That is higher than a year earlier (29.8%) but church attendance may still be declining.

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warsaw

The current archbishop, Adrian Joseph Galbas, appointed on 4 November 2024, formerly Archbishop of Katowice from 2023. He succeeded Kazimierz Nycz and installed on 14 December 2024.

See List of bishops and archbishops of Warsaw for all ordinarily of this diocese, as well as auxiliary bishops.

See also

• List of bishops and archbishops of Warsaw

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Warsaw". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

External links

• "The English Speaking Community of the Archdiocese of Warsaw".
• "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa".

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