Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warmia
The Archdiocese of Warmia is a Latin Church Catholic archdiocese in northern Poland. It covers about 12,000 square kilometers in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and serves roughly 700,000 Catholics.
The archdiocesan see is the Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew in Frombork. The co-cathedral is the Basilica of St. James the Apostle in Olsztyn. There are six other minor basilicas in the region: in Dobre Miasto, Gietrzwałd, Matki Jedności, Stoczek Klasztorny, Kętrzyn, and Braniewo. The Archcathedral Basilica of Frombork is protected as a Historic Monument of Poland.
Current leadership
- Metropolitan Archbishop: Józef Górzyński (appointed 2016)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Janusz Ostrowski
- The archdiocese has two suffragan dioceses: Ełk and Elbląg
A brief history
- Founded as the Diocese of Warmia in 1243 during the era of the Teutonic Order.
- Over the centuries it was closely tied to Poland and later to Prussia/Germany, with changing allegiances and borders.
- In 1972, the see was moved to Olsztyn as the diocese was reorganized.
- On March 25, 1992, Warmia was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese, adding the Dioceses of Ełk and Elbląg as suffragans.
Population and church life
- The archdiocese serves about 700,000 Catholics across its parishes, priests, and religious communities.
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