Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kraków

Coordinates: 50°03′34.3″N 19°56′7.6″E / 50.059528°N 19.935444°E / 50.059528; 19.935444

Archdiocese of Kraków
Archidioecesis Cracoviensis
Archidiecezja krakowska

Kraków Cathedral
Location
Country Poland
Metropolitan Kraków
Statistics
Area 5,730 km2 (2,210 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
1,589,000
1,551,000 (97.6%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Katedra Wawelska
(Wawel Cathedral of Sts. Stanislaus and Vaclav)
Patron saint St. Stanislaus
St. John Paul II
Metropolitan Archbishop Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz
Auxiliary Bishops Jan Szkodoń, Grzegorz Ryś, Damian Andrzej Muskus
Emeritus Bishops Franciszek Macharski, Jan Zając

The Archdiocese of Kraków (Latin: Cracovien(sis), Polish: Archidiecezja krakowska) is an archdiocese located in the city of Kraków in Poland. As of 2013 weekly mass attendance was 51.3% of the population (fourth highest in Poland after the dioceses of: Tarnów-69.0%, Rzeszów-64.1% and Przemyśl-58.8%).

History

Special churches

Wawel Bazylika

Leadership

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Source

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