Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk, Poland 🇵🇱

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Gdańsk (polski) / Danzica (Italiano) / Gedanen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Pelplin, Toruń

Neighbouring Dioceses: Elbląg (↘), Pelplin (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Adalbert (April 23)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 14

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1922.04.21: Established as Apostolic Administration of Gdańsk (polski) / Danzica (Italiano) / Gedanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chełmno and Diocese of Warmia)
1925.12.30: Promoted as Diocese of Gdańsk (polski) / Danzica (Italiano) / Gedanen(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
1972.06.28: Became suffragan of Gniezno
1992.03.25: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk (polski) / Danzica (Italiano) / Gedanen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Pelplin and Toruń, gained territory from Diocese of Chełmno and lost territory to establish Diocese of Elbląg)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1987.06, 1999.06)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.03.02 – ...):	Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C. (69) President of Episcopal Conference of Poland
Auxiliary Bishop (2013.12.21 – ...):	Bishop Wiesław Szlachetka (66) Titular Bishop of Vageata
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.07.06 – ...):	Bishop Piotr Przyborek (50) Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia

Monsignors (84)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Gdańsk (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C. (69)
(2021.03.02 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk (Poland)
President of Episcopal Conference of Poland

Oportet prædicari evangelium

Born:	1957.01.29 (Kowala, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1983.05.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.06.10

Bureau Chief of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (2007.12.12 – 2012.07.24)

Undersecretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (2012.07.24 – 2017.04.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Białystok (Poland) (2017.04.12 – 2021.03.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (2021.03.02 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (2024.03.14 – ...)

Bishop Jacek Jezierski (76)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.08.13 – 2021.03.02)

Archbishop Sławoj Leszek Głódź (80)
(2008.04.17 – 2020.08.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gdańsk (Poland)

Milito pro Christo

Born:	1945.08.13 (Bobrówka, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.02.23

Priest of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1970.06.14 – 1991.06.05)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1984.09.08 – 1991.01.21)

Titular Bishop of Bettona (1991.01.21 – 1998.03.07)

Military Ordinary of Poland (Poland) (1991.01.21 – 2004.08.26)

Priest of Białystok (Poland) (1991.06.05 – 1991.01.21)

Archbishop ad personam (2004.07.17 – 2004.08.26)

Archbishop-Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland) (2004.08.26 – 2008.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (2008.04.17 – 2020.08.13)

Archbishop Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M.
(1992.03.25 – 2008.04.17)

Credite Evangelio

Born:	1931.09.16 (Piski, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1956.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.04.17
Died:	2016.05.03 (Gdańsk, Poland † 84)

Titular Bishop of Beneventum (1983.03.22 – 1984.12.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (1983.03.22 – 1984.12.31)

Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (1984.12.31 – 1992.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2008.04.17)

Bishops of Gdańsk (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1984.12.31 – 1992.03.25)

(see above)

Bishop Lech Kaczmarek
(1971.12.01 – 1984.07.31)

Cooperatores simus veritatis

Born:	1909.09.23 (Poznan, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1936.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.01.18
Died:	1984.07.31 (Gdańsk, Poland † 74)

Titular Bishop of Alia (1958.11.16 – 1971.12.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (1958.11.16 – 1971.12.01)

Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (1971.12.01 – 1984.07.31)

Bishop Edmund Nowicki
(1964.03.07 – 1971.03.10)

Finis legis Christus

Born:	1900.09.13 (Trzemeszno, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1924.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.09.21
Died:	1971.03.10 (Warszawa, Poland † 70)

Priest of Gniezno (Poland) (1924.03.15 – 1951.04.26)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Piła (Poland) (1945.08.15 – 1951.04.26)

Titular Bishop of Hadriane (1951.04.26 – 1956.12.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (1951.04.26 – 1964.03.07)

Titular Bishop of Thugga (1956.12.01 – 1964.03.07)

Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (1964.03.07 – 1971.03.10)

Bishop Carlo Maria Splett
(1938.06.13 – 1964.03.05)

In Trinitate robur

Born:	1898.01.17 (Zoppot, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1921.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.08.24
Died:	1964.03.05 (Düsseldorf, Germany † 66)

Priest of Chełmno (Poland) (1921.07.10 – 1938.06.13)

Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (1938.06.13 – 1964.03.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Chełmno (Poland) (1940.12.05 – 1946.03.04)

Bishop Eduard Graf O’Rourke
(1925.12.30 – 1938.06.13)

Serviendo goberno

Born:	1876.10.26 (Basin, Belarus)
Ordained Priest:	1907.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.12.15
Died:	1943.06.27 (Roma, Italy † 66)

Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania) (1907.10.27 – 1918.09.29)

Bishop of Riga (Latvia) (1918.09.29 – 1920.04.10)

Titular Bishop of Canea (1920.04.10 – 1922.04.21)

Apostolic Delegate to Estonia (1920.12.08 – 1921.12)

Apostolic Delegate to Latvia (1920.12.08 – 1921.12)

Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia (1920.12.08 – 1921.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Gdańsk (Poland) (1922.04.21 – 1925.12.30)

Titular Bishop of Pergamum (1922.12.21 – 1925.12.30)

Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (1925.12.30 – 1938.06.13)

Titular Bishop of Sophene (1938.06.13 – 1943.06.27)

Apostolic Administrators of Gdańsk (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eduard Graf O’Rourke
(1922.04.21 – 1925.12.30)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Edmund Nowicki (1951.04.26 – 1964.03.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Zbigniew Jan Zieliński (61) (later Archbishop) (2015.09.26 – 2022.03.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ryszard Kasyna (68) (2005.01.24 – 2012.10.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Zygmunt Józef Pawłowicz (1985.08.10 – 2005.01.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. (later Archbishop) (1983.03.22 – 1984.12.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Józef Kazimierz Kluz (1972.05.12 – 1982.12.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lech Kaczmarek (1958.11.16 – 1971.12.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Bazylika Archikatedralna Świętej Trójcy, Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Bernarda, Gdańsk Oliwa, Pomorskie
Co-Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Bazylika Konkatedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP (Mariacka), Gdańsk, Pomorskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej Polski, Gdynia, Pomorskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika św. Brygidy, Gdańsk, Pomorskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika św. Mikołaja, Gdańsk, Pomorskie
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (207)

Elbląg (↘), Pelplin (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,500 km²

Population: 902,280 Catholics (84.9% of 1,062,276 total)

Pastoral Centres: 201 parishes

Personnel: 704 priests (529 diocesan, 175 religious), 634 religious (226 brothers, 408 sisters), 28 seminarians