Archdiocese of Katowice
Katovicen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Katowice, Poland
Latin Church archdiocese of Upper Silesia, erected as the Diocese of Katowice in 1925 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1992. Archbishop Andrzej Przybylski was appointed in August 2025; its suffragans are Gliwice and Opole.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 October 1925
- Latin
- Katovicen(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001001819
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,375,000
- Population
- 1,461,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 94.1%
- Priests
- 1,033
- Catholics per priest
- 1,331
- Extent
- 2,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 573
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Andrzej Przybylski
- Born
- 19 May 1948
- Birthplace
- Ruda Ślą ska-Bieloszowice
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice stands in Katowice, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Katowice
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GliwiceGliwice
- Diocese of OpoleOpole
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Western Poland, the Catholic Church maintains the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Katowice (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Katovicensis), a Latin metropolitan archdiocese that heads its own ecclesiastical province.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.