The Archbishop of Kraków is the head of the archdiocese of Kraków. A bishop of Kraków first came into existence when the diocese was created in 1000; it was promoted to an archdiocese on October 28, 1925. Due to Kraków's role as Poland's political, cultural and spiritual center, the bishops and archbishops of Kraków were often very influential in the city, country and abroad. From 1443 to 1791, bishops of Kraków were simultaneously Dukes of Siewierz, although it was only Adam Stefan Sapieha who officially abandoned the title.
years | name | |
1000–1014(?) | Poppon | |
1014(?)–1023/30(?) | Lambert I | |
1023/30(?)–ca.1032 | Gompo | |
ca.1032–ca.1046 | Rachelin | |
ca.1046–1059 | Aron | |
1061–1071 | Lambert Suła | |
1072–1079 | Stanisław Szczepanowski (Saint Stanislaus), martyr, patron saint of the diocese | |
ca.1082–ca.1100 | Lambert III | |
ca.1100–ca.1103 | Czesław | |
ca.1103–ca.1109 | Baldwin | |
1110–1118 | Maur | |
1118–ca.1141 | Radostl | |
ca.1141–1143 | Robert | |
ca.1143–ca.1165 | Mateusz | |
ca.1166–ca.1185 | Gedko | |
ca.1185–1207 | Fulko | |
1208–1218 | Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek, historian, author of the Polish Chronicle | |
1218–1229 | Iwo Odrowąż, ducal chancellor, established numerous monasteries in Southern Poland | |
1229–1242 | Wisław Zambra | |
1242–1266 | Jan Prandota | |
1266–1292 | Paweł of Przemankowo | |
1292–1294 | Prokop | |
1294–1320 | Jan Muskata | |
1320–1326 | Nanker or Nankier Kołda, started the construction of the Gothic Wawel cathedral | |
1326–1347 | Jan Grot | |
1347–1348 | Piotr of Falków | |
1348–1366 | Bodzenta of Września | |
1367–1380 | Florian of Morsko | |
1380–1382 | Zawisza of Kurozwęki | |
1382–1392 | Jan Radlica | |
1392–1412 | Piotr Wysz, theologian | |
1412–1423 | Wojciech Jastrzębiec | |
1423–1455 | Zbigniew Oleśnicki, an influential statesman; opposed the Hussites, bought the Duchy of Siewierz for the bishopric | |
1455–1460 | Tomasz Strzępiński | |
1461–1463 | Jakub of Sienno | |
1463–1464 | Jan Gruszczyński | |
1464–1471 | Jan Lutek | |
1471–1488 | Jan Przerzawski | |
1488–1503 | Fryderyk Jagiellończyk | |
1503–1524 | Jan Konarski | |
1524–1535 | Piotr Tomicki | |
1536–1537 | Jan Latalski | |
1537–1538 | Jan Chojeński | |
1538–1545 | Piotr Gamrat | |
1546–1550 | Samuel Maciejowski | |
1551–1560 | Andrzej Zebrzydowski | |
1560–1572 | Filip Padniewski | |
1572–1577 | Franciszek Krasiński | |
1577–1591 | Piotr Marikowski | |
1581–1600 | Jerzy Radziwiłł | |
1600–1605 | Bernard Maciejowski | |
1607–1616 | Piotr Tylicki | |
1616–1630 | Marcin Sugrikowski | |
1630–1631 | Andrzej Lipski | |
1632–1633 | Jan Olbracht Waza | |
1635–1642 | Jakub Zadzik | |
1642–1657 | Piotr Gembicki | |
1658–1679 | Andrzej Trebicki | |
1681–1699 | Jan Małachowski | |
1700 | Stanisław Dąbski | |
1701–1702 | Jerzy Denhoff | |
1710–1719 | Kazimierz Łubieński | |
1720–1732 | Felicjan Szeniawski | |
1732–1746 | Jan Aleksander Lipski | |
1746–1758 | Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski, founded the Załuski Library in Warsaw | |
1759–1788 | Kajetan Sołtyk | |
1790–1800 | Feliks Turski | |
1805–1813 | Andrzej Gawroński | |
1815–1829 | Jan Paweł Woronicz | |
1830–1851 | Karol Skórkowski | |
1879–1894 | Albin Dunajewski | |
1895–1911 | Jan Maurycy Paweł Puzyna de Kosielsko | |
1911–1951 | Adam Stefan Sapieha | |
1951–1962 | Eugeniusz Baziak (Archbishop of Lwów, Apostolic Administrator of Kraków) | |
1963–1978 | Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) | |
1978–2005 | Franciszek Macharski | |
2005–Present | Stanisław Dziwisz |