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Metropolitan see Katowice, Poland

Archdiocese of Katowice

Katovicen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice, in Katowice, Poland.

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Established
1925
Catholics
1,375,000
Priests
1,033
Territory
2,400 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Andrzej Przybylski
Born
19 May 1948
Birthplace
Ruda Ślą ska-Bieloszowice

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice stands in Katowice, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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