The Archdiocese of Przemyśl ( la, Archidioecesis Premisliensis Latinorum) is a

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ecclesiastical jurisdiction or

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of the

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located in the city of

Przemyśl Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...

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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: ** Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist,

** Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows,

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 ...

** Collegiate Basilica of the Holy Spirit, Przeworsk ** Collegiate Basilica of the Holy Trinity,

Krosno Krosno (in full ''The Royal Free City of Krosno'', pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Krosno) is a historical town and Krosno County, county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inha ...

** Basilica of the Annunciation,

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 ...

** Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stara Wieś ** Collegiate Basilica of the Transfiguration of the Lord,

Brzozów Brzozów ( uk, Березів, ''Bereziv''; yi, ברעזשוב ''Brezhov''; lat. ''Brozovia'', or ''Prozzow'') is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 7,336 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 19 ...

** Basilica of the Finding of the Holy Cross,

Kalwaria Pacławska Kalwaria Pacławska () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Fredropol, within Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately south-west of Fredropol, s ...

Leadership

* Arch

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s of Przemyśl (Roman rite) ** Archbishop

Adam Szal Adam Jan Szal (born 24 December 1953) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Przemyśl since 2016. He was previously the auxiliary bishop of the Przemyśl and titular bishop of Lavellum. Bi ...

(since 2016.05.21) ** Archbishop

Józef Michalik Józef Michalik (born April 20, 1941, in Zambrów) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, the diocesan Bishop of the Zielona Góra-Gorzów diocese in 1986-1993 (to 1992 of Gorzów), Archbishop of Przemyśl in 1993–2016, and the President of the P ...

(1993.04.17 – 2016.04.30) ** Archbishop

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(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

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(1882.03.27 – ?) ** Bishop

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(1870.06.27 – 1881) ** Bishop

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(1860.03.23 – 1862.03.03) ** Archbishop

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(1846.07.27 – 1860.03.23) ** Bishop

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(1768–1783) ** Bishop

Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejowski Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and ma ...

(1767.02.02 – ?) ** Bishop

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(1765–1766) ** Archbishop

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(1742.05.25 – 1760.07.21) ** Bishop

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(1741–1760) ** Bishop Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro (1724–1734) ** Bishop

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(1719.03.15 – 1724.09.11) ** Bishop Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum (1701.07.18 – 1719.07.30) ** Bishop

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(1677.10.11 – 1688.12.06) ** Bishop Piotr Gembicki (1637 – ?) ** Bishop

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(1635.08.14 – 1636.07.21) ** Archbishop

Jan Wężyk Jan Wężyk (1575–1638), of Wąż Coat of Arms, was a Polish noble and Roman Catholic bishop and Primate of Poland. Biography Jan Wężyk was born in Wola Wężykowa, Poland in 1575.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. Late ...

(1585–1591)

Suffragan dioceses

* Rzeszów * Zamość-Lubaczów

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