Archdiocese of Katowice
Katovicen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Katowice, Poland
Latin Church archdiocese of Upper Silesia, erected as the Diocese of Katowice in 1925 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1992. Archbishop Andrzej Przybylski was appointed in August 2025; its suffragans are Gliwice and Opole.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 October 1925
- Latin
- Katovicen(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001001819
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,375,000
- Population
- 1,461,000
- Catholic share
- 94.1%
- Priests
- 1,033
- Catholics per priest
- 1,331
- Extent
- 2,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 573
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
- Andrzej Przybylski
- Born
- 19 May 1948
- Birthplace
- Ruda Ślą ska-Bieloszowice
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 of Christ the King, Katowice stands in Katowice, 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 Katowice
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GliwiceGliwice
- Diocese of OpoleOpole
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Western Poland, the Catholic Church maintains the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Katowice (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Katovicensis), a Latin metropolitan archdiocese that heads its own ecclesiastical province.
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].