Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Warszawa

Poland Poland

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Warszawa (polski) / Warsaw (English) / Varsavia (Italiano) / Varsavien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Płock, Warszawa-Praga

Neighbouring Dioceses: Łowicz (←), Płock (↖), Warszawa-Praga (↗), Siedlce (↘), Radom (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Stanislaus da Szczepanów (May 8), Saint Stanisław Kostka (September 18)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 9

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.11.04 – ...):Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. (58)Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. (58)

Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

Auxiliary Bishop (1994.04.16 – ...):Bishop Piotr Jarecki (70)Bishop Piotr Jarecki (70)

Titular Bishop of Avissa

Auxiliary Bishop (2013.11.04 – ...):Bishop Rafał Markowski (67)Bishop Rafał Markowski (67)

Titular Bishop of Obba

Auxiliary Bishop (2015.05.09 – ...):Bishop Michał Robert Janocha (66)Bishop Michał Robert Janocha (66)

Titular Bishop of Barica

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Warszawa (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. (58)Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. (58)
(2024.11.04 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)
Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

Pax Christi

Born:1968.01.26 (Bytom, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1994.05.07
Consecrated Bishop:2020.01.11

Titular Bishop of Naissus (2019.12.12 – 2021.12.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk (Poland) (2019.12.12 – 2021.12.04)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Katowice (Poland) (2021.12.04 – 2023.05.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Katowice (Poland) (2023.05.31 – 2024.11.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Sosnowiec (Poland) (2023.10.24 – 2024.04.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (2024.11.04 – ...)

Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland) (2025.03.08 – ...)

Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz (76)Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz (76)
(2007.03.03 – 2024.11.04)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Warszawa (Poland)
Ordinary emeritus of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

Ex hominibus pro hominibus

Born:1950.02.01 (Stara Wieś, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1973.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:1988.06.04
Created Cardinal:2010.11.20

Priest of Kraków (Poland) (1973.05.20 – 1988.05.14)

Titular Bishop of Villa regis (1988.05.14 – 2004.06.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1988.05.14 – 2004.06.09)

Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland) (2004.06.09 – 2007.03.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (2007.03.03 – 2024.11.04)

Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland) (2007.06.09 – 2025.03.08)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (2010.11.20 [2011.04.29] – ...)

Cardinal Józef Glemp
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.01.07 – 2007.03.03)

Archbishop Stanisław Wojciech Wielgus (86)Archbishop Stanisław Wojciech Wielgus (86)
(2006.12.06 – 2007.01.06)

Titular Archbishop of Viminacium
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Warszawa (Poland)

Æternæ Sapientiæ et Caritati

Born:1939.04.23 (Wierzchowiska, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1962.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1999.08.01

Priest of Lublin (Poland) (1962.06.10 – 1999.05.24)

Bishop of Płock (Poland) (1999.05.24 – 2006.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (2006.12.06 – 2007.01.06)

Titular Archbishop of Viminacium (2007.01.06 – ...)

Cardinal Józef Glemp
(1981.07.07 – 2006.12.06)

Caritati in Justitia

Born:1929.12.18 (Inowroclaw, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1956.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1979.04.21
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2013.01.23 (Warszawa, Poland † 83)

Priest of Gniezno (Poland) (1956.05.25 – 1979.03.04)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1972.11.29 – 1979.03.04)

Bishop of Warmia (Poland) (1979.03.04 – 1981.07.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1981 – 2004.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1981.07.07 – 1992.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1981.07.07 – 2006.12.06)

Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland) (1981.09.18 – 2007.06.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1983.02.02 – 2013.01.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Warszawa (Poland) (2007.01.07 – 2007.03.03)

Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński
(1948.11.12 – 1981.05.28)

Soli Deo

Born:1901.08.03 (Zuzela, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1924.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:1946.05.12
Created Cardinal:1953.01.12
Died:1981.05.28 (Warszawa, Poland † 79)
Beatified:2021.09.12 (Warszawa, Poland)

Bishop of Lublin (Poland) (1946.03.04 – 1948.11.12)

President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1948 – 1953)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1948.11.12 – 1981.05.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1948.11.12 – 1981.05.28)

President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1956 – 1981.05.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1957.05.18 – 1981.05.28)

Cardinal.

Venerable Cardinal August Hlond, S.D.B.
(1946.06.13 – 1948.10.22)

Da mihi animas cetera tolle

Born:1881.07.05 (Brzęczkowice, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1905.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1926.01.03
Created Cardinal:1927.06.20
Died:1948.10.22 (Warszawa, Poland † 67)

Apostolic Administrator of Upper Silesia (Poland) (1922.11.07 – 1925.10.28)

Bishop of Katowice (Poland) (1925.10.28 – 1926.06.24)

President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1926 – 1948.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland) (1926.06.24 – 1946.05.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1926.06.24 – 1948.10.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1927.12.22 – 1948.10.22)

Founder of Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants (1932.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1946.06.13 – 1948.10.22)

Cardinal and religious of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians).

Archbishop Stanisław Gall
(Apostolic Administrator 1940.01.06 – 1942.09.11)

Cardinal Aleksander Kakowski
(1913.05.07 – 1938.12.30)

Operare sperare

Born:1862.02.05 (Dęmbiny, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1886.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:1913.06.22
Created Cardinal:1919.12.15
Died:1938.12.30 (Warszawa, Poland † 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1913.05.07 – 1938.12.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino (1919.12.18 – 1938.12.30)

Archbishop Vincent Teofilo Popiel
(1883.03.15 – 1912.12.07)

Born:1825.06.29 (Czaplach Wielkich, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1849.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:1863.12.06
Died:1912.12.07 (Warszawa, Poland † 87)

Bishop of Płock (Poland) (1863.03.16 – 1875.07.05)

Bishop of Kujawy–Kaliska (Poland) (1875.07.05 – 1883.03.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1883.03.15 – 1912.12.07)

Saint Archbishop Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński
(1862.01.06 – 1883.03.15)

Born:1822.11.01 (Voyutyn, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1855.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:1862.01.26
Died:1895.09.17 (Kraków, Poland † 72)
Beatified:2002.08.18 (Kraków, Poland)
Canonised:2009.10.11
Feast:09.17

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1862.01.06 – 1883.03.15)

Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1883.03.15 – 1895.09.17)

Archbishop. Founder of Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary.

Archbishop Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski
(1856.09.18 – 1861.10.05)

Born:1778.01.03 (Pszczew, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1801.01.04
Consecrated Bishop:1842.05.15
Died:1861.10.05 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Hermopolis maior (1842.01.27 – 1856.09.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Warszawa (Poland) (1844 – 1856.09.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1856.09.18 – 1861.10.05)

Bishop Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1844 – 1856.09.18)

Archbishop Stanisław Kostka Choromański
(1836.11.21 – 1838.02.21)

Born:1769.10.20 (Riedzwiedzk, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1792
Consecrated Bishop:1829.02.08
Died:1838.02.21 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Adrassus (1828.12.15 – 1836.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Augustów (Poland) (1828.12.15 – 1836.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1836.11.21 – 1838.02.21)

Archbishop Jan Paweł Woronicz
(1828.01.28 – 1829.12.06)

Born:1753.07.03 (Brodów, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1784.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:1816.05.08
Died:1829.12.06 (Wien, Austria † 76)

Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1815.12.18 – 1828.01.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1828.01.28 – 1829.12.06)

Archbishop Wojciech Skarszewski
(1824.07.12 – 1827.06.12)

Born:1743.11.10 (Janow, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1776.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:1791.02.06
Died:1827.06.12 († 83)

Bishop of Chełm–Lublin (Poland) (1790.11.29 – 1805.09.22)

Bishop of Lublin (Poland) (1805.09.22 – 1824.07.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1824.07.12 – 1827.06.12)

Archbishop Szczepan Hołowczyc
(1819.12.17 – 1823.08.27)

Born:1741.08.17 (Orsha, Lithuania)
Ordained Priest:1772.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:1819.06.06
Died:1823.08.27 († 82)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1819.03.29 – 1819.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1819.12.17 – 1823.08.27)

Archbishop Franciszek Skarbek von Malczewski
(1818.10.02 – 1819.04.18)

Born:1754.10.04 (Panienka, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1783.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:1815.11.05
Died:1819.04.18 († 64)

Bishop of Kujawy–Kaliska (Poland) (1815.09.04 – 1818.10.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1818.10.02 – 1819.04.18)

Bishops of Warszawa (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ignacy Raczyński
(Apostolic Administrator 1806.08.26 – 1818)

Bishop Józef Miaskowski
(1798.10.29 – 1804.11.16)

Born:1744.05.05 (Smogozewo, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1768.09.25
Consecrated Bishop:1800.02.09
Died:1804.11.16 († 60)

Bishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1798.10.29 – 1804.11.16)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (222)

Łowicz (←), Płock (↖), Warszawa-Praga (↗), Siedlce (↘), Radom (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,350 km²

Population: 1,472,400 Catholics (93.3% of 1,578,595 total)

Pastoral Centres: 214 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 1,325 priests (806 diocesan, 519 religious), 3 deacons, 2,504 religious (754 brothers, 1,750 sisters), 94 seminarians

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