Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice explained

Jurisdiction:Metropolitan Archdiocese
Katowice
Latin:Archidioecesis Metropolitae Katovicensis
Local:Archidiecezja Metropolita Katowicka
Country: Poland
Province:Katowice
Rite:Latin Rite
Area Km2:2,400
Population:1,461,000
Population As Of:2021
Catholics:1,390,000
Catholics Percent:95.1
Metro Archbishop:Adrian Joseph Galbas S.A.C.
Bishop Title:Archbishop
Auxiliary Bishops:Marek Szkudło
Adam Wodarczyk
Grzegorz Olszowski
Website:Website of the Archdiocese
Denomination:Catholic Church

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Katowice (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Katovicensis) is the Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. It is an ecclesiastical province in Western Poland.

Special churches

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Archikatedra Chrystusa Króla, dedicated to Christ the King, in the city of Katowice, Śląskie.

It has several Minor basilicas :

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and these suffragan bishoprics:

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.

Statistics

As per 2021, it pastorally served 1,390,000 Catholics (95.1% of 1,461,000 total) on 2,400 km² in 322 parishes and 6 missions with 1,066 priests (938 diocesan, 128 religious), 5 deacons, 1,023 lay religious (193 brothers, 830 sisters) and 49 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

Apostolic Administrator of Upper Silesia
Suffragan Bishops of Katowice
Metropolitan Archbishops of Katowice

formerly Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1997.12.13 – 2011.10.29)

See also

Sources and external links

References

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Notes and References

  1. 1 June 2023 . 31 May 2023 . Holy See Press Office . Resignations and Appointments, 31.05.2023 .