Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno
Archdiocese of Gniezno
Archidioecesis Gnesnensis
Location
Country Poland
Statistics
Area 8,122 km2 (3,136 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics
(as of 2006)
678,847
673,559 (99.2%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Marii Panny i św. Wojciecha

(Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
)
Current leadership
Bishop Henryk Muszynski
Auxiliary Bishop Wojciech Polak, Bogdan Józef Wojtus

The Archdiocese of Gniezno (Latin: Gnesnen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Gniezno in Poland.

Contents

History

  • 1000: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno with suffragan dioceses in Kraków, Wrocław and Kołobrzeg
  • 16 July 1821: Joined in personal union aeque principaliter with Archdiocese of Poznań
  • 12 November 1948: Dissolution of union between archdioceses of Poznań and Gniezno, and estabilihing of personal union in persona episcopi between archdioceses of Warsaw and Gniezno.
  • 25 March 1992: Dissolution of union between archdioceses of Gniezno and Warsaw.

Special churches

Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Marii Panny i św. Wojciecha

(Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
)
  • Minor Basilicas:
    • Bazylika św. Apostołów Piotra i Pawła, Kruszwica
    • Bazylika Św. Wincentego a Paulo, Bydgoszcz
    • Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Trzemeszno

Leadership

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Source



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