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Metropolitan see Łódź, Poland

Archdiocese of Łódź

Lodzien(sis)

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in central Poland, erected as the Diocese of Lodz on 10 December 1920 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 25 March 1992, with the Diocese of Lowicz as suffragan. Its mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka in Lodz. Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the former papal almoner, was appointed archbishop on 12 March 2026, succeeding Cardinal Grzegorz Rys.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Lodz, in Łódź, Poland.

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Established
1920
Catholics
1,330,000
Priests
756
Territory
5,200 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Konrad Krajewski
Born
25 November 1963
Birthplace
Łódź

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Lodz stands in Łódź, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Covering the central area of Łódź Voivodeship, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Łódź (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Lodziensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese seated in the Polish city of Łódź. In 2016, weekly Mass attendance stood at 23.4% of its Catholic population, which made it the second least devout diocese in Poland, ahead only of the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień at 22.7%.