Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Katowice

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Katovicensis

Archidiecezja Metropolita Katowicka
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Location
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Ecclesiastical province Katowice
Statistics
Area2,400 km2 (930 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
1,461,000
1,390,000 (95.1%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Adrian Joseph Galbas
Auxiliary Bishops Marek Szkudło
Adam Wodarczyk
Grzegorz Olszowski
Bishops emeritus
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

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.

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Special churches

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Archikatedra Chrystusa Króla, dedicated to Christ the King, in the city of Katowice, Śląskie.

It has several Minor basilicas  :

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and these suffragan bishoprics:

History

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.

Statistics

As of 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.

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Archbishop Wiktor Skworc

Episcopal ordinaries

Apostolic Administrator of Upper Silesia
Suffragan Bishops of Katowice
Metropolitan Archbishops of Katowice

formerly Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1997.12.13 – 2011.10.29)

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