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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Cracoviensis

Archidiecezja Krakowska
Kraków Cathedral
Location
Country  Poland
Coordinates 50°03′35″N 19°56′05″E / 50.05972°N 19.93472°E / 50.05972; 19.93472
Statistics
Area5,730 km2 (2,210 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2021)
1,627,236
1,575,724 (96.8%)
Parishes448
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Cathedral Katedra Wawelska
(Wawel Cathedral of Sts. Stanislaus and Vaclav)
Patron saint St. Stanislaus
St. John Paul II
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski [1]
Metropolitan Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski [2]
Auxiliary Bishops Damian Muskus
Janusz Mastalski
Robert Chrząszcz
Bishops emeritus Stanisław Dziwisz (Cardinal, Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus)
Jan Zając (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus)
Jan Szkodoń (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus)

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków ( Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Cracovien(sis), Polish: Archidiecezja Krakowska) 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

Wawel Bazylika
  • 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 & International Shrine:

Leadership

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Sources

  1. ^ "Other Pontifical Acts".
  2. ^ "Other Pontifical Acts".


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