Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice
For the Lutheran diocese, see Lutheran Diocese of Katowice.
| Archdiocese of Katowice Archidioecesis Katovicensis Archidiecezja Katowicka | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Poland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Katowice |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,400 km2 (930 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 1,520,900 1,477,900 (97.2%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Wiktor Skworc |
| Auxiliary Bishops |
Marek Szkudło Adam Wodarczyk |
| Emeritus Bishops | Damian Zimoń, Gerard Bernacki |
| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Archdiocese of Katowice (Latin: Katovicen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Western Poland.
Its cathedral episcopal see is located in the city of Katowice.
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.
- On 28 October 1925 Pope Pius XI elevated that apostolic administration and renamed it after its see to Diocese of Katowice with Bishop August Hlond, then a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków, by the papal Bull Vixdum Poloniae Unitas.
- March 25, 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Katowice
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas
- Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny (Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Uśmiechniętej), Pszów
- Bazylika NMP i św. Bartłomieja Apostoła (Sanktuarium Matki Sprawiedliwości i Miłości Społecznej), Piekary Śląskie
- Bazylika św. Antoniego Padewskiego, Rybnik
- Bazylika św. Ludwika Króla i Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Katowice
Archbishop Wiktor Skworc
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Latin Rite)
- Apostolic Administrator of Upper Silesia
- August Hlond, Salesians (S.D.B.) (1922.11.07 – 1925.10.28 see below)
- Suffragan Bishops of Katowice
- August Hlond (see above 1925.12.14 – 1926.06.24), also President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1926 – 1948.10.22), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno–Poznan (Poland) (1926.06.24 – 1948.10.22), created Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (1927.12.22 – 1948.10.22), Founder of Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants (1932.09.08), Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1946.06.13 – death 1948.10.22)
- Arkadiusz Lisiecki (1926.06.24 – death 1930.05.13)
- Stanisław Adamski (1930.09.02 – death 1967.11.12)
- Herbert Bednorz (1967.11.12 – retired 1983), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Katowice (1950.05.04 – 1967.11.12) & Titular Bishop of Bulla regia (1950.05.04 – 1967.11.12)
- Damian Zimoń (1985.06.03 – 1992.03.25 see below)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Katowice (Latin Rite)
- Damian Zimoń (see above 1992.03.25-2011.10.29)
- Wiktor Skworc (s2011.10.29 - ...), formerly Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1997.12.13 – 2011.10.29)
Province
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and these Suffragan bishoprics :
See also
Sources and external links
Coordinates: 50°15′02″N 19°01′08″E / 50.25056°N 19.01889°E
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