Archdiocese of Gniezno

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Archdiocese of Gniezno
Archidioecesis Gnesnensis
Statistics
Country: Poland
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 8,122 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
678,847 (2006)
673,559 (99.2%)
Cathedral: Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Marii Panny i św. Wojciecha
(Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Ordinaries
Bishop: Henryk Muszynski
Auxiliary Bishop: Wojciech Polak, Bogdan Józef Wojtus

The Archdiocese of Gniezno {Latin: Gnesnen(sis)} is an archdiocese located in the city of Gniezno in Poland.

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[edit] History

  • 1000: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno with suffragan dioceses in Kraków, Wrocław and Kołobrzeg
  • July 16, 1821: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno – Poznań
  • November 12, 1948: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno

[edit] Special Churches

Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny i św. Wojciecha (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Marii Panny i św. Wojciecha
(Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
  • Minor Basillicas:
    • Bazylika św. Apostołów Piotra i Pawła, Kruszwica
    • Bazylika Św. Wincentego a Paulo, Bydgoszcz
    • Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Trzemeszno

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Suffragan Dioceses

[edit] See also

[edit] Source

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