- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warsaw
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Archiocese of Warsaw
Archidioecesis Varsaviensis
St. John's Cathedral after the post-war reconstructionLocation Country Poland Statistics Area 3,350 km2 (1,290 sq mi) Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2004)
1,533,000
1,438,200 (93.8%)Parishes 210 Information Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Latin Rite (or Roman Rite) Cathedral St. John's Cathedral, Warsaw Secular priests 674 Current leadership Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz The Archdiocese of Warsaw is a Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Poland encompassing the Polish capital. It was erected on October 16, 1798. It was elevated to an Archdiocese on June 30, 1813.
A Metropolitan See, its suffragan dioceses are the Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga.
Archbishop of Warsaw
The current Archbishop, Kazimierz Nycz, formerly Bishop of Koszalin-Kolobrzeg, Poland, was named on 3 March 2007. Following the abrupt resignation of Archbishop Stanisław Wielgus in January, Józef Cardinal Glemp had been named its Apostolic Administrator.
Also see List of bishops and archbishops of Warsaw
References
- "Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dwars.html.
- "Warsaw". Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15555a.htm.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
External links
Categories:- Christianity in Warsaw
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland
- Religious organizations established in 1798
- Poland stubs
- European Roman Catholic diocese stubs
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