Archdiocese of Białystok
Bialostocen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Białystok, Poland
Metropolitan Latin rite archdiocese in northeastern Poland, established as a diocese in 1991 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1992. Archbishop Jozef Guzdek has led the see since 2021. Note: this is an archdiocese, not a plain diocese.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 June 1991
- Latin
- Bialostocen(sis)
- Patron
- Andrzej Bobola
- Annuario code
- 001000899
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 352,330
- Population
- 437,790
- Catholic share
- 80.5%
- Extent
- 6,263 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 56
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Józef Guzdek
- Born
- 18 March 1956
- Birthplace
- Wadowice
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands in Białystok, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bialystok (suffragans: Drohiczyn, Lomza)
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Two suffragan dioceses answer to the metropolitan see of Białystok, a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Northeastern Poland (Latin: Bialostocen(sis); Belarusian: Беластоцкая архідыяцэзія, romanized: Biełastockaja archidyjacezia). Its cathedral archiepiscopal see, the Bazylika Archikatedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP, holds the rank of minor basilica and stands in the episcopal city of Białystok.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].