Archdiocese of Warsaw
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Statistics | |
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Country: | Poland |
Rite: | Latin Rite (or Roman Rite) |
Area: | 3,350 km² (1,293 square miles) |
Population: Total: Catholics: |
1,533,000 (2004) 1,438,200 (93.8%) |
Cathedral: | St. John's Cathedral, Warsaw |
Parishes: | 210 |
Diocesan Priests: | 674 |
Ordinaries | |
Bishop: | 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.
[edit] 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