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 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.

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

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

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