Archdiocese of Lublin
Lublinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Lublin, Poland
Latin Church archdiocese in eastern Poland with roots tracing to the historic Diocese of Chełm and the Diocese of Lublin established in 1805, raised to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1992. Its suffragans are Sandomierz and Siedlce.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 September 1805
- Latin
- Lublinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Stanislaus da Szczepanów, Saint John Cantius
- Annuario code
- 001002055
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,027,421
- Population
- 1,079,144
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.2%
- Priests
- 969
- Catholics per priest
- 1,060
- Extent
- 9,108 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 113
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
- Stanisław Budzik
- Born
- 25 April 1952
- Birthplace
- Łękawica
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 St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist, Lublin stands in Lublin, 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 Lublin
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of SandomierzSandomierz
- Diocese of SiedlceSiedlce
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Lublin, in Poland, is the seat of this Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Lublinensis.
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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.