Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warsaw

Archiocese of Warsaw Archidioecesis Varsaviensis
St. John's Cathedral after the post-war reconstruction
Location
Country	Poland
Statistics
Area	3,350 km2 (1,290 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,533,000 1,438,200 (93.8%)
Parishes	210
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite (or Roman Rite)
Cathedral	St. John's Cathedral, Warsaw
Secular priests	674
Current leadership
Archbishop	Kazimierz Nycz

The Archdiocese of Warsaw is a Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Poland encompassing the Polish capital. It was erected on October 16, 1798. It was elevated to an Archdiocese on June 30, 1813.

A Metropolitan See, its suffragan dioceses are the Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga.

Archbishop of Warsaw

The current Archbishop, Kazimierz Nycz, formerly Bishop of Koszalin-Kolobrzeg, Poland, was named on 3 March 2007. Following the abrupt resignation of Archbishop Stanisław Wielgus in January, Józef Cardinal Glemp had been named its Apostolic Administrator.

Also see List of bishops and archbishops of Warsaw

References

• "Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dwars.html. 
• "Warsaw". Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15555a.htm. 

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. 

External links

• "The English Speaking Community of the Archdiocese of Warsaw". http://www.catholic.li.pl. 
• "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa". http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/wars0.htm.