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Metropolitan see Kraków, Poland

Archdiocese of Kraków

Cracovien(sis)

Latin Church

One of Poland's oldest sees, the Diocese of Kraków dates to the year 1000 and was raised to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1925. Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś was installed as archbishop in December 2025; its suffragans are Bielsko-Żywiec, Kielce and Tarnów.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Wawel Cathedral (Cathedral of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus), Kraków, in Kraków, Poland.

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Established
1000
Catholics
1,575,724
Priests
2,017
Territory
5,730 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Grzegorz Ryś
Born
27 April 1939
Birthplace
Raba Wyżna

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The cathedral

Wawel Cathedral (Cathedral of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus), Kraków stands in Kraków, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Kraków, in Poland, is the seat of this Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Cracovien(sis), Polish: Archidiecezja Krakowska). Weekly Mass attendance as of 2013 stood at 51.3% of the population, the fourth highest figure in Poland, behind the dioceses of Tarnów at 69.0%, Rzeszów at 64.1%, and Przemyśl at 58.8%.

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