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Metropolitan see Białystok, Poland

Archdiocese of Białystok

Bialostocen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Białystok, Poland.

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Established
1991
Catholics
352,330
Priests
382
Territory
6,263 km²

Parishes and churches

115 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Józef Guzdek
Born
18 March 1956
Birthplace
Wadowice

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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.

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.