Archdiocese of Katowice
| Archdiocese of Katowice | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Poland |
| Diocesan bishop | Viktor Skworc |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Adam Wodarczyk Marek Szkudło Grzegorz Olszowski |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Damian Zimoń |
| founding | 1925 |
| surface | 2,400 km² |
| Dean's offices | 33 (12/26/2007) |
| Parishes | 321 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,486,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,443,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 97.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 966 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 126 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,321 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 199 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 870 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Polish |
| cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral |
| Website | www.archidiecezja.katowice.pl |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Opole Diocese of Gliwice |
The Archdiocese of Katowice ( Latin: Archidioecesis Katovicensis , Polish : Archidiecezja katowicka ) extends over the eastern part of Upper Silesia in Poland .
history
After Eastern Upper Silesia (the region around Katowice ) was annexed to Poland on June 20, 1922, the Catholic parishes in this area and those in the Polish part of Cieszyn Silesia , which had previously belonged to Austria-Hungary, left the diocese on November 7, 1922 Wroclaw from. First, on December 17, 1922, an apostolic administration subordinate to the Pope was set up, whereupon on October 28, 1925 with the Bull Vixdum Poloniae Unitas of Pope Pius XI. the establishment of the diocese of Katowice was completed. At the same time, the first Bishop August Hlond took office in the newly founded diocese , which was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Krakow as a suffragan .
On March 25, 1992 the diocese was raised to the status of an archdiocese as part of the reform of the Polish dioceses . The basis for the reform was the Apostolic Constitution of Pope John Paul II , Totus tuus Poloniae populus . Since then, the new Archdiocese of Katowice has formed a church province to which the dioceses of Gliwice and Opole are assigned as suffragan dioceses . The ecclesiastical province of Katowice covers the entire historical Upper Silesia . The archbishopric is inhabited by 1.7 million people and the archbishop or metropolitan is Wiktor Skworc . The main church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice.
A partnership with the diocese of Essen has existed since 1993 .
Expansion of the archbishopric
The following districts and independent cities belong to the Archdiocese of Katowice:
Bishops and Archbishops since 1925
- 1925–1926 August Hlond
- 1926–1930 Arkadiusz Lisiecki
- 1930–1967 Stanisław Adamski
- 1940–1942 Franz Strzyz (as vicar general)
- 1942–1945 Franz Wosnitza (as vicar general)
- 1952–1954 Filip Bednorz (as capitular vicar )
- 1954–1956 Jan Piskorz (as capitular vicar)
- 1967–1985 Herbert Bednorz (since 1950 as coadjutor )
- 1985–2011 Damian Zimoń (since 1992 Archbishop)
- since 2011 Wiktor Skworc
Auxiliary bishops
- 1934–1937 Teofil Bromboszcz, titular bishop of Candyba
- 1937–1978 Juliusz Bieniek, titular bishop of Dascylium
- 1962–1992 Józef Kurpas, titular bishop of Orisa
- 1970–1992 Czesław Domin, titular bishop of Dagnum
- 1980–1992 Janusz Zimniak, titular bishop of Polinianum
- 1988–2012 Gerard Bernacki , titular bishop of Oppidum Consilinum
- 1996–2007 Piotr Libera, titular bishop of Centuria , then Bishop of Płock
- 1998–2005 Stefan Cichy, titular bishop of Bonusta , then bishop of Liegnitz
- 2005–2013 Józef Kupny, titular bishop of Vanariona , then archbishop of Breslau
Diocese saint
- Saint Barbara December 4th
- Saint Florian May 4th
- Holy Hyacinth August 17th
- Our Lady of Piekar
Church institutions
Important churches
In the Archdiocese of Katowice, six churches have the rank of minor basilica :
- The pilgrimage church of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew in Piekary Śląskie (since 1962)
- The monastery church of St. Ludwig and the Assumption of Mary in Katowice - Panewniki (since 1974)
- The parish church of St. Anthony of Padua in Rybnik (since 1993)
- The Pilgrimage Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary in Pszów (since 1997)
- St. Adalbert in Mikołów (since 2008)
- St. Stefan and Mother of God in Katowice- Bogucice (since 2015)
Monasteries
- Franciscan monastery in Panewniki (founded in 1908)
- Franciscan monastery in Chorzów (founded in 1934)
- Franciscan monastery in Rybnik-Zamysłów (founded in 1983)
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Totus Tuus Poloniae populus , AAS 84 (1992), n.3, pp. 1099-1112.
- ↑ See gcatholic.org ; down. on June 14, 2018.
