The
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
comprises mainly sixteen Latin
ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...
s, each headed by a Metropolitan, whose
Archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
s have a total of 28
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
Dioceses
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
, each headed by a
bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
. They are all members of the
Episcopal Conference of Poland
The Polish Episcopal Conference or Polish Bishops' Conference ( pl, Konferencja Episkopatu Polski) is the central organ of the Catholic Church in Poland. It is composed of 2 cardinals, 28 archbishops and 118 bishops.
Members
** President – abp ...
, one of the larger conferences in Europe, slightly smaller than Spain, but larger than the United Kingdom or Germany and by far the most established conference in all of Eastern Europe.
Furthermore, there are
* an exempt
military ordinariate
A military ordinariate is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, of the Latin or an Eastern church, responsible for the pastoral care of Catholics serving in the armed forces of a nation.
Until 1986, they were called "military v ...
for the armed forces
* ''the
Eastern Catholic
The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous ('' sui iuris'') particular churches of t ...
province of the Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warszawa and its suffragans as a
Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople.
Th ...
in
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian ( uk, украї́нська мо́ва, translit=ukrainska mova, label=native name, ) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. It is the native language of about 40 million people and the official state langu ...
* ''an
Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites
An ordinariate for the faithful of Eastern rite is a geographical ecclesiastical structure for Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic communities in areas where no diocese, eparchy of their own particular Church has been established. This str ...
for all other non-Latin rites in Poland.
There is also an
Apostolic Nunciature to Poland, as papal diplomatic (embassy-level) representation.
Current Latin Dioceses
Exempt Latin jurisdiction
*
Military Ordinariate of Poland (Ordynariat Polowy Wojska Polskiego)
Ecclesiastical province of Białystok
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Białystok
**
Diocese of Drohiczyn
**
Diocese of Łomża
Ecclesiastical province of Częstochowa
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Częstochowa
**
Diocese of Radom
**
Diocese of Sosnowiec
Ecclesiastical province of Gdańsk
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk
**
Diocese of Pelplin
**
Diocese of Toruń
Ecclesiastical province of Gniezno
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno
The Archdiocese of Gniezno ( la, Archidioecesis Gnesnensis, pl, Archidiecezja Gnieźnieńska) is the oldest Latin Catholic archdiocese in Poland, located in the city of Gniezno.[primatial see
Primate () is a title or rank bestowed on some important archbishops in certain Christian churches. Depending on the particular tradition, it can denote either jurisdictional authority ( title of authority) or (usually) ceremonial precedence (t ...]
**
Diocese of Bydgoszcz
**
Diocese of Włocławek
Ecclesiastical province of Katowice
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Katowice
**
Diocese of Gliwice
The Diocese of Gliwice ( la, Glivicen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Gliwice. The Diocese of Gliwice is a suffragan diocese in the eccles ...
**
Diocese of Opole
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole ( la, Opoliensis) is a diocese located in the city of Opole in the Ecclesiastical province of Katowice in Poland.
History
* 1945: Established as Apostolic Administration of Opole
* 28 June 1972: Established ...
Ecclesiastical province of Kraków
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków
Metropolitan may refer to:
* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
**
Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec
**
Diocese of Kielce
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce ( la, Kielcen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kielce in the Ecclesiastical province of Kraków in Poland.
Its Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kielce is listed as a ...
**
Diocese of Tarnów
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
Ecclesiastical province of Łódź
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Łódź
**
Diocese of Łowicz
Ecclesiastical province of Lublin
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lublin
**
Diocese of Sandomierz
**
Diocese of Siedlce
Ecclesiastical province of Poznań
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poznań
**
Diocese of Kalisz
Ecclesiastical province of Przemyśl
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl
**
Diocese of Rzeszów
**
Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów
Ecclesiastical province of Szczecin-Kamień
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień
**
Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg
**
Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów
Ecclesiastical province of Warmia
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warmia
**
Diocese of Elbląg
**
Diocese of Ełk
Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa
**
Diocese of Płock
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
**
Diocese of Warszawa-Praga
Ecclesiastical province of Wrocław
*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław
Metropolitan may refer to:
* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
**
Diocese of Legnica
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Legnica ( la, Legnicen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Legnica in the Ecclesiastical province of Wrocław in Poland. According to the Catholic Church statistics 30.1% of the population attended a church ev ...
**
Diocese of Świdnica
Current Eastern Catholic Dioceses
Ukrainian Catholic province of Przemyśl–Warszawa
rite-specific
particular church
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''sui iuris'' :
Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople.
Th ...
in
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian ( uk, украї́нська мо́ва, translit=ukrainska mova, label=native name, ) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. It is the native language of about 40 million people and the official state langu ...
* Metropolitan
Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw
The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw ( la, Archidioecesis Premisliensis–Varsaviensis ritus byzantini ucraini, uk, Перемишльсько-Варшавська архієпархія УГКЦ) is an archeparchy (E ...
**
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk
The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk (Olsztyn–Gdańsk of the Ukrainians) is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) in the ecclesiastical province of the , which covers some part of Poland for the Ukrainian Greek Ca ...
**
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Wrocław-Koszalin
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
.
Exempt, joint for the other rites
*
Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites
An ordinariate for the faithful of Eastern rite is a geographical ecclesiastical structure for Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic communities in areas where no diocese, eparchy of their own particular Church has been established. This str ...
for all other non-Latin rites in Poland.
Defunct Dioceses
Four Episcopal
Titular bishopric
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
s :
Diocese of Chełm,
Diocese of Pomezania,
Diocese of Sejny
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
,
Diocese of Wigry.
Gallery of Archdioceses
File:Bialystok Kosciol.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Białystok is Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
File:Facade bazylika swietej rodziny.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Częstochowa is Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family.
File:Oliwa kathedraal.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Gdańsk is Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
File:Bazylika mariacka gdansk ubt.jpeg, The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Gdańsk is Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
File:Catedral de Gniezno, Polonia, 2012-04-06, DD 02.JPG, The seat of the Archdiocese of Gniezno is Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Adalbert.
File:Cathedral in Katowice.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Katowice is Cathedral of Christ the King.
File:Wawel cathedral.PNG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Kraków is Cathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus and St. Wenceslaus.
File:5 Lublin 08.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Lublin is Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
File:Archikatedra Łódź v2.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Łódź is the Archcathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka.
File:Katedra Poznan front.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Poznań is Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul.
File:Bazylika Archikatedralna pod wezwaniem Jana Chrzciciela w Przemyslu.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Przemyśl is Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist.
File:0910 Bazylika archikatedralna św Jakuba Szczecin.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień is Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle.
File:Frauenburger Dom 2010.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Warmia is Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
File:Olsztyn-katedra.jpg, The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Warmia is Basilica of Saint James the Apostle.
File:Katedra p.w. św. Jana.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Warsaw is Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist.
File:Wroclaw-Archicathedral-116.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Wrocław is Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Poland
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References
Sources and external links
GCatholic.org
* http://www.episkopat.pl/
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
Catholic dioceses