Archdiocese of Krakow
| Archdiocese of Krakow | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Poland |
| Diocesan bishop | Marek Jędraszewski |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Damian Andrzej Muskus OFM Jan Szkodoń Janusz Mastalski |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Stanisław Cardinal Dziwisz |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Jan Zając |
| Vicar General | Bronislaw Fidelus |
| founding | 1000 |
| surface | 5,730 km² |
| Dean's offices | 42 (12/26/2007) |
| Parishes | 447 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,605,515 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,563,841 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 97.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 1,173 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 974 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 728 |
| Friars | 1,689 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 2,441 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Polish |
| cathedral |
Wawel Cathedral (St. Stanislaus and St. Wenceslas) |
| address | Kuria Metropolitalna ul. Franciszkanska 3 31-004 Kraków Polska |
| Website | www.diecezja.krakow.pl |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec Diocese of Kielce Diocese of Tarnów |
The Archdiocese of Krakow ( Latin: Archidioecesis Cracoviensis , Polish: Archidiecezja krakowska ) is a Polish archdiocese in the west of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship . It also forms a church province to which the suffragan dioceses Bielsko , Bielywiec and Tarnów have belonged since 1992 .
The diocese is one of the most important and oldest in Poland and to this day the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow is the most important church in the diocese.
history
The beginnings of the Krakow diocese are unclear. The first two bishops were named in a list of Kraków's bishops from 1266, without further details. The Greek name of Prohorius (Prochorios) makes it possible that this was used in Krakow in the course of the Christianization of the Moravian Empire at the beginning of the 10th century.
In 973 Krakow belonged to the newly founded diocese of Prague . Around 990 it was conquered by Mieszko I. A new foundation probably took place only in 1000, when the diocese of Krakow with Bishop Poppo was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Gnesen in the act of Gnesen .
In 1049, Bishop Aaron was appointed the first Archbishop of Kraków (although the diocese itself was not raised to the rank of archbishopric). The reason was probably the relocation of the Polish capital from Gniezno to Krakow in 1038.
The first complete list of deaneries and parishes of all Polish dioceses dates from 1326.
This was particularly evident under Cardinal Zbigniew Oleśnicki, who used his political influence in the country to incorporate the Principality of Siewierz into the diocese in 1443 , which remained in the hands of the Kraków bishops until 1789.
Between 1440 and 1480 Jan Długosz composed a detailed, three-volume description of the diocese: Liber beneficiorum dioecesis Cracoviensis , one of the most important medieval sources in Lesser Poland.
The diocese became one of the largest Roman Catholic dioceses in Europe and in 1772 covered an area of 54,000 km², which included the voivodeships of Krakow , Sandomir (excluding the northwestern part), Lublin , and parts of Upper Silesia and Spiš , 51 deaneries, around 1000 parishes and Filien, 230 cities and around 6,000 villages. In 1772 the southern part of the diocese was annexed by the Habsburgs (see Partitions of Poland ): 22 deaneries, 4 parts of other deaneries, around 430 parishes and filia, around 1,000,000 Roman Catholics. The rest of the diocese followed in the third division (1795). In the following years the splendor of the diocese waned. Because in 1807 the diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lemberg , only to become suffragan of the Archdiocese of Warsaw in 1818 . Despite the loss of power, the Kraków bishops called themselves prince- bishops since 1889 . It was not until 1925 that the diocese of Krakow was raised to the rank of archbishopric and the ecclesiastical province was formed. This also did justice to the historical and political importance of the diocese. Probably the most famous Kraków archbishop was Karol Wojtyła, who later became Pope John Paul II. From June 3, 2005 to December 8, 2016, Stanisław Dziwisz , the long-time secretary of Pope John Paul II, was Kraków's archbishop. The World Youth Day 2016 was held in Krakow.
In the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (1896–1918) the Bishop of Kraków had a virile vote in the Galician state parliament .
Expansion of the archbishopric
The ecclesiastical province of Krakow extends over the Polish voivodeships of Lesser Poland , Heiligkreuz and the southeastern part of the Silesian Voivodeship . The archbishopric, on the other hand, only occupies the western part of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
The following districts belong to the Archdiocese of Krakow:
- Krakow City District ,
- Powiat Bocheński
- Powiat Myślenicki
- Powiat Suski
- Powiat Tatrzański
- Powiat Wielicki
The following circles belong to the Archdiocese of Krakow:
Blessed and Saints from the Archdiocese of Krakow
- Saint Stanislaus of Krakow (around 1030 - 11 April 1079), Bishop of Krakow, patron of the Wawel Cathedral and national saint of Poland
- Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek (around 1150 - March 3, 1223), Bishop of Cracow
- Saint John Paul II , Archbishop of Krakow 1964–1978, then Pope
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Regensburg, document dated April 29, 1086 ( border description of the diocese of Prague ). In: Regesta Imperii RIplus Regg. EB Mainz 1 [after 1263] (online ; accessed on March 4, 2017): “ Wezilo ([Archbishop of Mainz] 1084-1088) ... intervener at k. Henry IV, who confirmed the unification of the Olomouc bishopric with the Prague bishopric and exactly confirmed the boundaries of the thus expanded Prague bishopric. "
- ↑ Thietmar von Merseburg reported on the act in detail
- ↑ January Ptaśnik (editor): Monumenta Poloniae Vaticana T.1 Acta Apostolicae Camerae. Vol. 1, 1207-1344 . Sums. Academiae Litterarum Cracoviensis, Cracoviae 1913, pp. 104 ( online ).
- ^ Bolesław Kumor: Archidiecezja Krakowska i jej organizacja terytorialna . S. 83 (Polish, online ).
- ^ Bolesław Kumor: Granice (archi) diecezji krakowskiej (1000-1939) . 1963, p. 545 (Polish, online [PDF]).
- ^ Pope Francis: Angelus on July 27, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro. www.vatican.va, July 27, 2013, accessed August 18, 2013 .
literature
- Stanisław Szczur, Pierwsze wieki kościoła krakowskiego , in: Kościół krakowski w tysiącleciu , Znak: Kraków 2000
Web links
- Archbishopric homepage (Polish)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Krakow on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
