| Archdiocese of Katowice Archidioecesis Katovicensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | Poland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Katowice |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,400 km2 (930 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 1,712,000 1,660,000 (97.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Katedra Chrystusa Króla |
| Current leadership | |
| Archbishop | Wiktor Skworc |
| Auxiliary Bishop | Gerard Bernacki & Józef Piotr Kupny |
| Emeritus Bishops | Damian Zimon |
The Archdiocese of Katowice (Latin: Katovicen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Katowice in Poland.
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On 7 November 1922 the Holy See disentangled the Roman Catholic parishes in the Polish Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship, territorially comprising the East of formerly Austrian Cieszyn Silesia (since 1918) and formerly German East Upper Silesia (since 1922) from the Diocese of Breslau and subordinated them to an Apostolic Administrator on 17 December the same year. On 28 October 1925 Pope Pius XI elevated that apostolic administration to the new diocese of Katowice with Bishop August Hlond, then a suffragan of Kraków, by the papal Bull Vixdum Poloniae Unitas.