Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa, 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

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

1798.10.16: Established as Diocese of Warszawa (polski) / Warsaw (English) / Varsavia (Italiano) / Varsavien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and became suffragan of Gniezno)
1800.09.09: Gained territory from Diocese of Płock
1805.06.13: Lost territory to Diocese of Chełm–Lublin
1818.06.30: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa (polski) / Warsaw (English) / Varsavia (Italiano) / Varsavien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Kraków, Kujawy–Kaliska, Lublin, Płock, Podlachia and Sandomierz and gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Płock)
1882.12.28: Gained suffragan see Kielce
1920.12.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Łódź and gained suffragan see Łódź
1925.10.28: Lost territory to Diocese of Łomża and lost suffragan sees Kielce, Kraków and Kujawy–Kaliska
1972: Gained suffragan see Warmia
1981.09.18: Lost territory to establish Ordinariate of Poland (for Greek and Armenian Catholics)
1992.03.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Łowicz and Diocese of Warszawa-Praga, lost suffragan sees Łódź, Lublin, Sandomierz–Radom, Siedlce and Warmia and gained suffragan sees Łowicz and Warszawa-Praga
2004.02.24: Lost suffragan see Łowicz

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1979.06, 1983.06, 1987.06, 1991.06, 1999.06)
Pope Benedict XVI (2006.05)

Tweets

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2007.03.03 – ...):	Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz (74) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)
Auxiliary Bishop (1994.04.16 – ...):	Bishop Piotr Jarecki (68) Titular Bishop of Avissa
Auxiliary Bishop (2013.11.04 – ...):	Bishop Rafał Markowski (66) Titular Bishop of Obba
Auxiliary Bishop (2015.05.09 – ...):	Bishop Michał Janocha (64) Titular Bishop of Barica

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Warszawa (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz (74)
(2007.03.03 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)
Ordinary 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 – ...)

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

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 (85)
(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)

Apostolic Administrator of Lviv of the Armenians (Ukraine) (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)

Apostolic Administrator of Lviv of the Armenians (Ukraine) (1954.12 – 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 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1849.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1863.12.06
Died:	1912.12.07 († 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

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
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
Ordained Priest:	1792
Consecrated Bishop:	1829.02.09
Died:	1838.02.21 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Adrassus (1828.12.15 – 1836.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Augustów (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 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1784.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1816.05.08
Died:	1829.12.06 († 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 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1776.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1791.02.06
Died:	1827.06.12 († 83)

Bishop of Chełm–Lublin (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 (Poland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1819
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 (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 (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

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Józef Górzyński (65) (later Archbishop) (2013.11.04 – 2015.02.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tadeusz Pikus (74) (1999.04.24 – 2014.03.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Józef Zawitkowski (1990.05.26 – 1992.03.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Stanisław Kędziora (1987.03.11 – 1992.03.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marian Duś (1985.12.21 – 2013.11.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Kazimierz Romaniuk (96) (1982.02.20 – 1992.03.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski (1970.11.17 – 1992.03.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wladysław Miziolek (1969.02.19 – 1992.02.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Bronisław Dabrowski, F.D.P. (1961.11.24 – 1997.12.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jerzy Modzelewski (1958.11.18 – 1986.10.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wacław Majewski (1946.05.07 – 1983.01.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Zygmunt Choromański (1946.05.07 – 1968.12.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Antoni Wladislao Szlagowski (1928.07.09 – 1956.02.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Władysław Szcześniak (1925.05.25 – 1926.09.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Stanisław Gall (1918.07.29 – 1938.12.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz (1884.03.24 – 1925.03.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Fr. Pawel Rzewuski (1863.03.16 – 1892.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paweł Rezwuski (1863.03.16 – 1892)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Henryk Ludwik Plater (1858.09.27 – 1871?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jan Dekert (1858.09.27 – 1861.11.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tomasz Chmielewski (1837.10.02 – 1844.07.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franciszek Pawłowski (1827.04.09 – 1829.05.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mikołaj Jan Manugiewicz (1822.09.27 – 1825.12.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Fr. Iovinus Fridericus Bystrzycki (1821.01.08 – 1821.07.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jan Chrzciciel Albertrandi (1798.10.16 – 1808.08.10)