Archdiocese of Katowice

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Bishop(s) Damian Zimon, Archbishop Gerard Bernacki, Auxiliary Bishop Józef Piotr Kupny, Auxiliary Bishop Suffragan Dioceses Gliwice Opole

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 25 March 1992 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Poland Square Kilometers: 2,400 (927 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://www.archidiecezja.katowice.pl/ Mailing Address: ul. Jordana 39, 40-043 Katowice, Polska Telephone: (032)2512-160 Fax: 2514-830

Historical Details

• Diocese of Katowice
  • Latin Name: Katovicensis
  • Erected: 28 October 1925
  • Country: Poland

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• August Hlond, S.D.B. † (14 Dec 1925 Appointed - 24 Jun 1926 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno-Poznań)
• Arkadiusz Lisiecki † (24 Jun 1926 Appointed - 13 May 1930 Died)
• Stanislaw Adamski † (2 Sep 1930 Appointed - 12 Nov 1967 Died)
• Herbert Bednorz † (12 Nov 1967 Succeeded - 1983 Retired)
• Damian Zimon (3 Jun 1985 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Katowice
28 October 1925	Erected		Diocese of Katowice (erected)
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Diocese of Katowice Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}	Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec (erected)
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Diocese of Częstochowa Diocese of Katowice Diocese of Opole	Diocese of Gliwice (erected)
Archdiocese of Katowice
25 March 1992	Elevated	Diocese of Katowice	Archdiocese of Katowice

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Katowice
1950	1,260,000	1,282,000	98.3%	459	47	506	2,490		62	1,806	233	ap1951
1970	1,600,000	1,700,000	94.1%	719	139	858	1,864		186	1,753	261	ap1971
1980	2,036,000	2,200,000	92.5%	803	116	919	2,215		222	1,499	348	ap1981
1990	2,260,934	2,373,374	95.3%	979	157	1,136	1,990		292	1,390	425	ap1991
Archdiocese of Katowice
1999	1,700,000	1,750,000	97.1%	882	126	1,008	1,686		213	922	310	ap2000
2000	1,650,000	1,700,000	97.1%	894	124	1,018	1,620		202	914	311	ap2001
2001	1,650,000	1,700,000	97.1%	908	127	1,035	1,594		222	887	312	ap2002
2002	1,735,000	1,785,000	97.2%	920	133	1,053	1,647		212	977	313	ap2003
2003	1,670,000	1,719,000	97.1%	922	130	1,052	1,587		203	883	313	ap2004
2004	1,660,000	1,712,000	97.0%	930	131	1,061	1,564		199	879	313	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops

• Stanislaw Adamski † (Bishop: 2 Sep 1930 to 12 Nov 1967)
• Herbert Bednorz † (Coadjutor Bishop: 4 May 1950; Bishop: 12 Nov 1967 to 1983)
• Gerard Bernacki (Priest: 4 Jun 1967; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Mar 1988 - )
• Juliusz Bieniek † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Mar 1937 to 17 Jan 1978)
• Teofilo Bromboszcz † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Mar 1934 to 12 Jan 1937)
• Stefan Cichy (Priest: 23 Jun 1963; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Aug 1998 to 19 Mar 2005)
• Czeslaw Domin † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jun 1970 to 1 Feb 1992)
• August Hlond, S.D.B. † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1925 to 24 Jun 1926)
• Bolesław Kominek † (Priest: 11 Sep 1927 to 26 Apr 1951)
• Józef Piotr Kupny (Priest: 31 Mar 1983; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Dec 2005)
• Józef Benedykt Kurpas † (Priest: 20 Apr 1937; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Nov 1962 to 22 Jun 1991)
• Piotr Libera (Priest: 15 Apr 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Nov 1996 to 2 May 2007)
• Arkadiusz Lisiecki † (Bishop: 24 Jun 1926 to 13 May 1930)
• Wiktor Skworc (Priest: 19 Apr 1973 to 13 Dec 1997)
• Janusz Edmund Zimniak (Priest: 9 Sep 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Sep 1980 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Damian Zimon (Priest: 21 Dec 1957; Bishop: 3 Jun 1985; Archbishop: 25 Mar 1992)