Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno

Archdiocese of Gniezno Archidioecesis Gnesnensis
Location
Country	Poland
Statistics
Area	8,122 km2 (3,136 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 678,847 673,559 (99.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny i św. Wojciecha (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Henryk Muszynski
Auxiliary Bishop	Wojciech Polak

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

History

• 1000: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno with suffragan dioceses in Kraków, Wrocław and Kołobrzeg
• 16 July 1821: Joined in personal union aeque principaliter with Archdiocese of Poznań
• 12 November 1948: Dissolution of union between the archdioceses of Poznań and Gniezno, and establishment of personal union in persona episcopi between the archdioceses of Warsaw and Gniezno.
• 25 March 1992: Dissolution of union between the archdioceses of Gniezno and Warsaw.

Special churches

Bazylika Katedralna Wniebowzięcia
Najświętszej Marii Panny i św. Wojciecha
(Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika św. Apostołów Piotra i Pawła, Kruszwica
  • Bazylika Św. Wincentego a Paulo, Bydgoszcz
  • Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Trzemeszno

Leadership

• List of archbishops of Gniezno and primates of Poland

Suffragan dioceses

• Bydgoszcz
• Włocławek

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website