Archdiocese of Warsaw

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warsaw

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Varsaviensis

Archidiecezja Metropolita Warszawska
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St. John's Cathedral after the post-war reconstruction
Location
Country Poland
Statistics
Area3,350 km2 (1,290 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2020)
  • 1,558,000
  • 1,467,000 (94,2%)
Parishes210
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite (or Roman Rite)
Established16 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

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.

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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.

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