Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Poznań

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Archdiocese of Poznań Archidioecesis Posnaniensis
Location
Country	Poland
Statistics
Area	9,700 km² (3,700 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,598,630 1,537,630 (96.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Bazylika Katedralna pw. św. Piotra i Pawła
Current leadership
Bishop	Stanisław Gądecki
Auxiliary Bishop	Grzegorz Balcerek, Zdzislaw Fortuniak & Marek Jedraszewski
Emeritus Bishops	Juliusz Paetz

The Archdiocese of Poznań (Latin: Posnanien(sis)) is one of 14 archdioceses located in Poland, with the seat located in Poznań.

Contents

1 History
2 Special churches
3 Suffragan dioceses
4 See also
5 Source

History

968: Established as Missionary Diocese of Poland with seat in Poznań subordinated directly to the Holy See
1000: Transformed to Diocese of Poznań subordinated directly to the Holy See
11th-12th c.: Subordination of Diocese of Poznań to Metropolitan Archdioecese of Gniezno as suffragan diocese
16 July 1821: Raised to status of Metropolitan Archdiocese and joined with Archdiocese of Gniezno in personal union in aeque principaliter.
12 November 1948: dissolution of union between Archdioceses of Poznań and Gniezno

Special churches

Bazylika Katedralna pw. św. Piotra i Pawła
(Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul)

Minor Basilicas:
- Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Poznań
- Bazylika Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP kk. Filipinów, Gostyń (Święta Góra)

Suffragan dioceses

Kalisz

Source

v t e Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland

Province of Białystok	Archdiocese of Białystok Diocese of Drohiczyn Diocese of Łomża

Province of Częstochowa	Archdiocese of Częstochowa Diocese of Radom Diocese of Sosnowiec

Province of Gdańsk	Archdiocese of Gdańsk Diocese of Pelplin Diocese of Toruń

Province of Gniezno	Archdiocese of Gniezno Diocese of Bydgoszcz Diocese of Włocławek

Province of Katowice	Archdiocese of Katowice Diocese of Gliwice Diocese of Opole

Province of Kraków	Archdiocese of Kraków Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec Diocese of Kielce Diocese of Tarnów

Province of Łódź	Archdiocese of Łódź Diocese of Łowicz

Province of Lublin	Archdiocese of Lublin Diocese of Sandomierz Diocese of Siedlce

Province of Poznań	Archdiocese of Poznań Diocese of Kalisz

Province of Przemyśl	Archdiocese of Przemyśl Diocese of Rzeszów Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów

Province of Szczecin-Kamień	Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów

Province of Warmia	Archdiocese of Warmia Diocese of Elbląg Diocese of Ełk

Province of Warszawa	Archdiocese of Warszawa Diocese of Płock Diocese of Warszawa-Praga

Province of Przemyśl	Archdiocese of Wrocław Diocese of Legnica Diocese of Świdnica

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