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Metropolitan see Gdańsk, Poland

Archdiocese of Gdańsk

Gedanen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin Church archdiocese covering Gdańsk and surrounding Pomerania, erected as the Diocese of Danzig in 1925 and raised to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1992. Its suffragan dioceses are Pelplin and Toruń.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Archcathedral Basilica of the Holy Trinity, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Bernard, Gdańsk Oliwa, in Gdańsk, Poland.

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Established
1925
Catholics
926,220
Priests
740
Territory
2,500 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Archbishop
Tadeusz Wojda
Born
29 January 1957
Birthplace
Kowala
Institute
SOCIETÀ DELL'APOSTOLATO CATTOLICO (PALLOTTINI)

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The cathedral

Archcathedral Basilica of the Holy Trinity, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Bernard, Gdańsk Oliwa stands in Gdańsk, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Gdańsk serves as the episcopal see of this Latin Church archdiocese in Poland, known in Latin as Gedanen(sis). Church statistics recorded Sunday Mass attendance at 38.1% in 2013, a figure below the national Polish average of 39.1% for weekly attendance. The Archcathedral Basilica of The Holy Trinity, Blessed Virgin Mary and St Bernard in Gdańsk holds designation as a Historic Monument of Poland.