Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień

Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Archidioecesis Sedinensis-Caminensis Archidiecezja Szczecińsko-Kamieńska
Cathedral Basilica of St James in Szczecin
Location
Country	Poland
Statistics
Area	12,754 km2 (4,924 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 1,043,178 1,000,000 (95.9%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle, Szczecin
Co-cathedral	Co-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Kamień Pomorski
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrzej Dzięga
Auxiliary Bishops	Henryk Wejman
Bishops emeritus	Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

Map of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Szeczecin-Kamien

The Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień (Latin: Sedinen(sis) – Caminen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the cities of Szczecin and Kamień Pomorski in Poland. With 24,3% of its population attending church services weekly or more in 2013 it is the least devoutly religious diocese in Poland.

History

See also: Bishopric of Cammin

• 1945: part of the territory of the Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła
• June 28, 1972: Created as Diocese of Szczecin – Kamień, part of the ecclesiastical province of Gniezno, from the northwestern part of the territory of the Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła, previously part of the Diocese of Berlin in Germany
• March 25, 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin – Kamień

Co-Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Kamień Pomorski

Leadership

See also: List of bishops of Szczecin-Kamień

• Archbishop Jerzy Stroba (28 Jun 1972 Appointed – 21 Sep 1978 Appointed, Archbishop of Poznań)
• Archbishop Kazimierz Jan Majdański (1 Mar 1979 Appointed – 25 Mar 1992 Retired)
• Archbishop Marian Przykucki (25 Mar 1992 Appointed – 1 May 1999 Retired)
• Archbishop Zygmunt Kamiński (1 May 1999 Appointed – 21 Feb 2009 Retired)
• Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga (21 Feb 2009 Appointed – )

Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga

Suffragan dioceses

• Koszalin-Kołobrzeg
• Zielona Góra-Gorzów

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website