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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Kraków
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków (, ) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Kraków in Poland. As of 2013 weekly mass attendance was 51.3% of the population (fourth highest in Poland after the dioceses of: Tarnów-69.0%, Rzeszów-64.1% and Przemyśl-58.8%). History *1000: Established as Diocese of Kraków from the Diocese of Poznań *October 28, 1925: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków Special churches *Minor Basilicas: **Basilica of the Body and Blood of Christ, Kazimierz **Bazylika Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa, Kraków **Bazylika Nawiedzenia NMP, Kraków **Bazylika Ofiarowania Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wadowice **Bazylika św. Floriana, Kraków ( Kleparz) **Bazylika św. Franciszka z Asyżu OO. Franciszkanów, Kraków **Bazylika Trójcy Świętej OO. Dominikanów, Kraków **Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny (Bazylika Mariacka), Kraków **Sanktuarium Pasyjno - Maryjne, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska *Minor & ...
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Wawel Cathedral
The Wawel Cathedral (), formally titled the Archcathedral Basilica of Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Saint Stanislaus and St. Wenceslas, Saint Wenceslaus, () is a Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland. Nearly 1000 years old, it is part of the Wawel Castle, Wawel Castle Complex and is a national sanctuary which served as the Polish coronations, coronation site of Polish monarchs. The current Gothic architecture, Gothic cathedral is the third edifice on this site; the first was constructed and destroyed in the 11th century and the second one, constructed in the 12th century, was destroyed by a fire in 1305. The construction of the existing church began in the 14th century on the orders of Nanker, Bishop Nanker. Over time, the building was expanded by successive rulers resulting in its versatile and eclectic architectural composition. There are examples of Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance architecture, Renaissance, Baroque architecture, Baro ...
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10th-century Establishments In Poland
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Roman Catholic Dioceses In Poland
The Roman Catholic Church in Poland comprises mainly sixteen Latin ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan, whose archdioceses have a total of 28 suffragan dioceses, each headed by a bishop. They are all members of the Episcopal Conference of Poland, 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 for the armed forces * ''the Eastern Catholic province of the Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warszawa and its suffragans as a Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language'' * ''an Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites 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 ...
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The Lesser Polish Way
The Lesser Poland Way is one of the Polish routes of the Way of St. James, a medieval pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It runs from Sandomierz to Kraków through the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and the Świętokrzyskie Voivodship. It is an alternative path of the main Via Regia that in the Middle Ages ran from Estonia through Vilnius, Grodno and Lublin. The Lesser Poland Way was partially reopened on 25 October 2008. The whole route was reopened on 25 October 2009. (in Polish) Another feeder route ran from Tarnobrzeg. The route The traditional starting point in Sandomierz was the Dominican Church of St. James in Sandomierz, Sanctuary of blessed Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs. The aim was to pass towns or villages with churches dedicated to the Apostle James, stopping at Kraków, where there is no St. James' church, before joining other international routes. Places with St. James church Between Sandomierz and Kraków there are four places with a St. Jam ...
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Roman Catholicism In Poland
Polish members of the Catholic Church, like elsewhere in the world, are under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Latin Church includes 41 dioceses. There are three eparchies of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the country, with members of the Armenian Catholic Church under the Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland. The ordinaries of these jurisdictions comprise the Episcopal Conference of Poland. Combined, these comprise about 10,000 parishes and religious orders. There are 40.55 million registered Catholics (the data includes the number of infants baptized) in Poland. The primate of the Church is Wojciech Polak, Archbishop of Gniezno. In the early 2000s, 99% of all children born in Poland were baptized Catholic. In 2015, the church recorded that 97.7% of Poland's population was Catholic. Other statistics suggested this proportion of adherents to Catholicism could be as low as 85%. The rate of decline has been described as "devastating" the form ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Tarnów
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Kielce
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List Of Roman Catholic Bishops Of Kraków
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Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki
Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki is one of 18 districts of Kraków, located in the southern part of the city. The name ''Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki'' comes from two villages that are now parts of the district. According to the Central Statistical Office data, the district's area is and 14 859 people inhabit Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki. Subdivisions of Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki is divided into smaller subdivisions (osiedle (Polish plural: ) is a term used in Poland to denote a designated subdivision or neighbourhood of a city or its , or of a town, with its own council and executive. Like the and sołectwo, an is an auxiliary unit (''jednostka pomocnicza'') of ...s). Here's a list of them. * Borek Fałęcki * Łagiewniki * Osiedle Cegielniana * Osiedle Zaułek Jugowicki Population ImageSize = width:500 height:250 PlotArea = left:70 right:40 top:20 bottom:20 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify Colors = id:gray1 value:gra ...
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Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska () is a town in southern Poland with 4,429 inhabitants (2007 estimate). As of 1999, it is situated in Lesser Poland or Małopolska (in Polish). Previously, the town was administered within the Voivodeship of Bielsko-Biała (1975–1998). Overview With a vision while viewing the neighbouring hills and valleys from the Castle of Lanckorona, on 1 December 1602, Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, the Voivode of Kraków commissioned the construction of a calvary, i.e. Roman Catholic monastery and the trails of the Passion of Christ modeled on the Calvary outside the city walls of Jerusalem. The town takes its name from the monastery that was constructed on the hills neighbouring Lanckorona and the last name of its founder Zebrzydowski. The town of Zebrzydów was established in 1617 in order to house the growing number of pilgrims visiting the Roman Catholic site of worship. The town rights were expanded and the town remapped by Jan Zebrzydowski in 1640, gaining the na ...
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