Archiocese of Warsaw Archidioecesis Varsaviensis Archidiecezja Warszawska | |
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 St. John's Cathedral after the post-war reconstruction | |
| Location | |
| Country | Poland |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,350 km2 (1,290 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 1,558,000 1,467,000 (94,2%) |
| Parishes | 210 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite (or Roman Rite) |
| Established | 16 October 1798 (As Diocese of Warszawa)30 June 1818 (Archdiocese of Warsaw) |
| Cathedral | St. John's Cathedral, Warsaw |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop elect | Adrian Józef Galbas |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Piotr Jarecki Rafał Markowski Michał Janocha |
| Apostolic Administrator | Kazimierz Nycz |
| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Archdiocese of Warsaw (Latin: Archidioecesis Varsaviensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland encompassing the Polish capital. It was erected on October 16, 1798. It was elevated to an Archdiocese on June 30, 1813.
A Metropolitan See, its suffragan dioceses are the Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga. According to the church's statistics, 30.4% of the dioceses population attended a church weekly in 2013. That is higher than a year earlier (29.8%) but church attendance may still be declining.