Archdiocese of Wrocław
Vratislavien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Wrocław, Poland
The Archdiocese of Wrocław is a Latin Rite metropolitan see in southwestern Poland with origins as a diocese around the year 1000, elevated to an archdiocese in 1930. Its suffragans are Legnica and Świdnica.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1000
- Latin
- Vratislavien(sis)
- Patron
- St. John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001000168
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 999,214
- Population
- 1,203,873
- Catholic share
- 83.0%
- Priests
- 817
- Catholics per priest
- 1,223
- Extent
- 8,850 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 113
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
- Józef Kupny
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 St. John the Baptist, Wrocław stands in Wrocław, 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 Wrocław
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Wrocław in Poland, this Latin Church archdiocese (Polish: Archidiecezja wrocławska; German: Erzbistum Breslau; Czech: Arcidiecéze vratislavská; Latin: Archidioecesis Vratislaviensis) traces its founding as a bishopric to the year 1000. From then until 1821 it stood under the Archbishopric of Gniezno in Greater Poland, and from 1821 to 1930 it answered directly to the Apostolic See. Between 1821 and 1972 its official name was the (Arch)Diocese of Breslau.
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].