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 km² (3,136 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 678,847 673,559 (99.2%)
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.

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

Source

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

Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland

Province of Białystok	Archdiocese of Białystok Diocese of Drohiczyn Diocese of Łomża

Province of Częstochowa	Archdiocese of Częstochowa Diocese of Radom Diocese of Sosnowiec

Province of Gdańsk	Archdiocese of Gdańsk Diocese of Pelplin Diocese of Toruń

Province of Gniezno	Archdiocese of Gniezno Diocese of Bydgoszcz Diocese of Włocławek

Province of Katowice	Archdiocese of Katowice Diocese of Gliwice Diocese of Opole

Province of Kraków	Archdiocese of Kraków Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec Diocese of Kielce Diocese of Tarnów

Province of Łódź	Archdiocese of Łódź Diocese of Łowicz

Province of Lublin	Archdiocese of Lublin Diocese of Sandomierz Diocese of Siedlce

Province of Poznań	Archdiocese of Poznań Diocese of Kalisz

Province of Przemyśl	Archdiocese of Przemyśl Diocese of Rzeszów Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów

Province of Szczecin-Kamień	Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów

Province of Warmia	Archdiocese of Warmia Diocese of Elbląg Diocese of Ełk

Province of Warszawa	Archdiocese of Warszawa Diocese of Płock Diocese of Warszawa-Praga

Province of Wrocław	Archdiocese of Wrocław Diocese of Legnica Diocese of Świdnica

Sui iuris Jurisdictions	Military Ordinariate of Poland

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