The Archdiocese of Przemyśl ( la, Premisliensis Latinorum) is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical jurisdiction or
archdiocese of the
Catholic Church
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located in the city of
Przemyśl 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 populou ...
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History
* April 13, 1375: Established as Diocese of Przemyśl
* March 25, 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl
Special churches
*Minor Basilicas:
** Bazylika Panny Marii (Bazylika MB Bolesnej oo. Dominikanów),
Jarosław
Jarosław (; uk, Ярослав, Yaroslav, ; yi, יאַרעסלאָוו, Yareslov; german: Jaroslau) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 38,970 inhabitants, as of 30 June 2014. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), previ ...
** Bazylika pw. Ducha Świętego,
Przeworsk
Przeworsk (; uk, Переворськ, translit=Perevors'k; yi, פּרשעוואָרסק, translit=Prshevorsk) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 15,675 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. Since 1999 it has been in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship ...
** Bazylika pw. Trójcy Przenajświętszej,
Krosno
Krosno (in full ''The Royal Free City of Krosno'', pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Krosno) is a historical town and county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inhabitants as of ...
** Bazylika pw. Trójcy Przenajświętszej,
Leżajsk
Leżajsk (; yi, ליזשענסק-Lizhensk; uk, Лежа́йськ, Lezháysʹk), officially the Free Royal City of Leżajsk ( pl, Wolne Królewskie Miasto Leżajsk), is a town in southeastern Poland with 13,871 inhabitants. It has been situated ...
** Bazylika pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny,
Stara Wieś
Leadership
![Bp Adam Szal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Bp_Adam_Szal.jpg)
* Arch
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 c ...
s of Przemyśl (Roman rite)
** Archbishop
Adam Szal (since 2016.05.21)
** Archbishop
Józef Michalik (1993.04.17 – 2016.04.30)
** Archbishop
Ignacy Tokarczuk (1992.03.25 – 1993.04.17)
* Bishops of Przemyśl (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Ignacy Tokarczuk (1965.12.03 – 1992.03.25)
** Bishop
Franciszek Barda (1933.11.25 – 1964.11.13)
** Bishop
Anatol Nowak (1924.09.30 – 1933.04.05)
** Bishop
Józef Sebastian Pelczar
Józef Sebastian Pelczar (17 January 1842 – 28 March 1924) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop and was also the co-founder of the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus which he had established in 1894 with Ludwika Szczęsna. He ...
(1900.12.17 – 1924.03.28)
** Bishop
Luca Solecki (1882.03.27 – ?)
** Bishop
Mattia Hirschler (1870.06.27 – 1881)
** Bishop
Adam Jasiński (1860.03.23 – 1862.03.03)
** Archbishop
Francesco Saverio Wierzchleyski (1846.07.27 – 1860.03.23)
** Bishop
Józef Tadeusz Kierski (1768–1783)
** Bishop
Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejowski (1767.02.02 – ?)
** Bishop
Walenty Franciszek Wężyk (1765–1766)
** Archbishop
Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski (1742.05.25 – 1760.07.21)
** Bishop
Waclaw Hieronim Sierakowski (1741–1760)
** Bishop
Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro (1724–1734)
** Bishop
Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek (1719.03.15 – 1724.09.11)
** Bishop
Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum (1701.07.18 – 1719.07.30)
** Bishop
Jan Stanisław Zbąski (1677.10.11 – 1688.12.06)
** Bishop
Piotr Gembicki
Piotr Gembicki (10 October, 1585 – 14 July, 1657), Deputy Crown Chancellor and Bishop of Przemyśl from 1636, Grand Crown Chancellor from 1638, Bishop of Kraków from 1642 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Biography
Piotr Gembicki was bo ...
(1637 – ?)
** Bishop
Andrzej Szołdrski
Andrzej Szołdrski (c. 1583–1650) of Łodzia coat of arms was a Polish nobleman and Roman Catholic priest. Son of Stanisław Szołdrski, owner of Czempiń, and Małgorzata Manicka. He studied at Jesuit school in Poznań. According to some so ...
(1635.08.14 – 1636.07.21)
** Archbishop
Jan Wężyk (1619–1627)
** Archbishop
Wojciech Baranowski
Wojciech Baranowski (1548 – 23 September 1615) was archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland.
Biography
In 1581 he was ordained a priest and became the royal secretary of Stefan Batory, accompanying him during the Pskov campaign. Lat ...
(1585–1591)
Suffragan dioceses
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Rzeszów
Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian ...
*
Zamość-Lubaczów
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Poland
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Sources
GCatholic.org Diocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland
Roman Catholic Archdiocese
Religious organizations established in 1375
Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 14th century
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