Archdiocese of Gniezno
Gnesnen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Gniezno, Poland
The oldest Latin Catholic archdiocese in Poland, established in 1000 at Gniezno. Its archbishop holds the title of Primate of Poland, and its suffragan dioceses are Bydgoszcz and Włocławek.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1000
- Latin
- Gnesnen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Adalbert of Prague
- Annuario code
- 001001495
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 641,082
- Population
- 661,970
- Catholic share
- 96.8%
- Priests
- 477
- Catholics per priest
- 1,344
- Extent
- 8,122 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 79
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
- Wojciech Polak
- Born
- 19 December 1964
- Birthplace
- Inowrocław
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 and Saint Adalbert, Gniezno stands in Gniezno, 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.
The province of Gniezno
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BydgoszczBydgoszcz
- Diocese of WłocławekWłocławek
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
No Latin Catholic archdiocese in Poland is older than Gniezno (Latin: Archidioecesis Gnesnensis, Polish: Archidiecezja Gnieźnieńska), seated in the city of that name. Its ecclesiastical province takes in two suffragan dioceses, Bydgoszcz and Włocławek.
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].