Archdiocese of Warszawa
Varsavien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Warszawa, Poland
The Archdiocese of Warsaw is the Latin Rite metropolitan see covering Poland's capital, erected as a diocese in 1798 and raised to an archdiocese in 1818. Archbishop Adrian Galbas was installed in December 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 October 1798
- Latin
- Varsavien(sis)
- Patron
- Andrzej Bobola
- Annuario code
- 001000140
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,467,000
- Population
- 1,558,000
- Catholic share
- 94.2%
- Priests
- 1,325
- Catholics per priest
- 1,107
- Extent
- 3,350 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 438
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
- Adrian Józef Galbas
- Born
- 26 January 1968
- Birthplace
- Bytom
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DELL'APOSTOLATO CATTOLICO (PALLOTTINI)
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
St. John's Archcathedral, Warsaw stands in Warszawa, 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 Warsaw
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of PłockPłock
- Diocese of Warszawa-PragaWarszawa-Praga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Encompassing the Polish capital, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warsaw (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Varsaviensis, Polish: Archidiecezja Metropolita Warszawska) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Poland. It was erected on October 16, 1798 and raised to an archdiocese on June 30, 1818. As a metropolitan see it has two suffragans, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga. The archdiocese's own statistics recorded 30.4% of its population attending church weekly in 2013, up from 29.8% a year earlier, though church attendance may still be declining.
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].