Archiocese of Warsaw Archidioecesis Metropolitae Varsaviensis Archidiecezja Metropolita Warszawska | |
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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 | Francis |
Archbishop elect | Monsignor. Dr. Adrian Joseph Galbas, S.A.C. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Monsignor. Dr. Adrian Joseph Galbas, S.A.C. |
Auxiliary Bishops | Piotr Jarecki Rafał Markowski Michał Janocha |
Apostolic Administrator | 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.
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.
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See List of bishops and archbishops of Warsaw for all ordinarily of this diocese, as well as auxiliary bishops.
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