Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno

Archdiocese of Gniezno Archidioecesis Gnesnensis Archidiecezja Gnieźnieńska
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Gniezno
Location
Country	Poland
Statistics
Area	8,122 km^2 (3,136 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 664,608 656,716 (98.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny i św. Wojciecha (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Wojciech Polak
Auxiliary Bishops	Krzysztof Wętkowski
Emeritus Bishops	Józef Kowalczyk Henryk Muszyński Szczepan Wesoły Bogdan Józef Wojtuś
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Gniezno (Latin: Gnesnen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Gniezno in Poland.^[1][2]

History

• 1000: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno with suffragan dioceses in Kraków, Wrocław and Kołobrzeg
• 16 July 1821: Joined in personal union aeque principaliter with Archdiocese of Poznań
• 12 November 1948: Dissolution of union between the archdioceses of Poznań and Gniezno, and establishment of personal union in persona episcopi between the archdioceses of Warsaw and Gniezno.
• 25 March 1992: Dissolution of union between the archdioceses of Gniezno and Warsaw.

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika św. Apostołów Piotra i Pawła, Kruszwica
  • Bazylika Św. Wincentego a Paulo, Bydgoszcz
  • Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Trzemeszno

Leadership

• List of archbishops of Gniezno and primates of Poland

Suffragan dioceses

• Bydgoszcz, since 2004
• Włocławek, since 1000, interrupted 1818–1925 (then suffragan of Warsaw)

Former suffragans

• Chełmno (Culm), 1821–1992, de facto already joining Gniezno councils since 1566
• Gdańsk, 1972–1992
• Kołobrzeg, 1000–1007
• Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, 1972–1992
• Kraków (Cracow), 1000–1807
• Lubusz (Lebus), 1134–1424
• Lutsk, 16th century–1798
• Płock, 1075–1818
• Poznań, 1075–1821, then united with Gniezno until 1946
• Samogitia, 1427–1798
• Smolensk, 1636–1783
• Szczecin-Kamień, 1972–1992
• Vilnius (Wilno), 1388–1798
• Wenden (Inflanty as of 1684), 1621–1798
• Wrocław (Breslau), 1000–1821

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

References

1. "Archdiocese of Gniezno" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 27, 2016
2. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 27, 2016

• Diocese website

Coordinates: 52°32′14″N 17°35′49″E / 52.537121°N 17.596858°E