The Archdiocese of Łódź () is a
Latin Church
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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 associated ...
of the
Catholic Church
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located in the city of
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
in
Poland
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. The archdiocese covers the central area of
Łódź Voivodeship
Łódź Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province is named after its capital and largest city, Łódź, pronounced .
Łódź Voivodeship is bordered by six other voivodeships: Masovian Voivodeship ...
. 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 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 (2012.07.11 – 2017.01.27)
*
Grzegorz Ryś (2017.09.14 – present)
Suffragan dioceses
*
Łowicz
Łowicz is a town in central Poland with 27,436 inhabitants (2021). It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship. Together with a nearby station of Bednary, Łowicz is a major rail junction of central Poland, where the line from Warsaw splits into ...
See also
*
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 ...
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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