Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Poznań location map

The Archdiocese of Poznań ( la, Posnanien(sis)) is one of 14 archdioceses located 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 ...

, with the seat located in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

History

* 968: Established as Missionary Diocese of Poland with seat in Poznań subordinated directly to the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of R ...

* 1000: Transformed to Diocese of Poznań subordinated directly to the Holy See *11th–12th century: Subordination of Diocese of Poznań to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno as suffragan diocese * 16 July 1821: Raised to status of Metropolitan Archdiocese and joined with

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.aeque principaliter ''Aeque principaliter'' ("equally important") is a Latin term used by the Roman Catholic Church to indicate a merger of two or more dioceses in which – to avoid questions of predominance – the dioceses are all given equal importance. Such a ...

''. * 12 November 1948: dissolution of union between Archdioceses of Poznań and Gniezno as

Primate of Poland This is a list of archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gniezno, who are simultaneously primates of Poland since 1418.Cardinal

August Hlond August Hlond (July 5, 1881 – October 22, 1948) was a Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who was Archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno in 1926 and Primate of Poland. He was then appointed as the Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw in 194 ...

appointed ordinary of the Archdioceses of

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and

Gniezno Gniezno (; german: Gnesen; la, Gnesna) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. One of the Piast dynasty's chief cities, ...

Special churches

* Minor Basilicas: ** Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Poznań ** Bazylika Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP kk. Filipinów,

Gostyń Gostyń (german: Gostyn, 1941-45: ''Gostingen'') is a town in western Poland, seat of the Gostyń County and Gmina Gostyń in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (from 1975 to 1998 in Leszno Voivodship). According to 30 June 2004 data its population ...

( Święta Góra)

Suffragan dioceses

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Seminaries

* Archbishop's Theological Seminary * Society of Christ Major Seminary

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
Poznan 10th-century establishments in Poland Poznan Religious organizations established in the 960s {{Europe-RC-diocese-stub

History

Special churches

Suffragan dioceses

Seminaries

See also

Sources