The Archdiocese of Łódź ( la, Lodzien(sis)) is an
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 ...
located in the city of
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...
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 ...
. The archdiocese covers the central area of
Łódź Voivodeship
Łódź Voivodeship (also known as Lodz Province, or by its Polish name ''Województwo łódzkie'' ) is a province-voivodeship in central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Łódź Voivodeship (1975–1999) and the Sieradz ...
. As of 2016 weekly mass attendance was 23.4% of the archdiocese's Catholic population, making it the second least devout diocese in Poland after the
Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień (22.7%).
History
* December 10, 1920: Established as Diocese of Łódź
* March 25, 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Łódź
Leadership
; Bishops
*
Vincenzo Tymieniecki (1921.04.11 – 1934.08.10)
*
Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński (1934.11.30 – 1946.12.12)
*
Michał Klepacz (1946.12.20 – 1967.01.29)
*
Józef Rozwadowski (1968.10.29 – 1986.01.24)
*
Władysław Ziółek (1986.01.24 – 1992.03.25)
; Archbishops
* Władysław Ziółek (1992.03.25 – 2012.07.11)
*
Marek Jędraszewski
Marek Jędraszewski (born 24 July 1949) is a Polish people, Polish Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic prelate who has been Archbishop of Kraków, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków since 8 December 2016. He served as the Roman Catholic Archdio ...
(2012.07.11 – 2017.01.27)
*
Grzegorz Ryś
Grzegorz Ryś (born 9 February 1964) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Łódź since 2017. He was previously an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kraków and titular bishop of ...
(2017.09.14 – present)
Suffragan dioceses
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Łowicz
Łowicz is a town in central Poland with 27,896 inhabitants (2020). It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was in Skierniewice Voivodeship (1975–1998). Together with a nearby station of Bednary, Łowicz is a ma ...
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Poland
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References
External links
GCatholic.org Diocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland
Christian organizations established in 1920
Organisations based in Łódź
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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