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Coordinates: 50°03′34.3″N 19°56′7.6″E / 50.059528°N 19.935444°E / 50.059528; 19.935444

Archdiocese of Kraków Archidioecesis Cracoviensis Archidiecezja krakowska
Kraków Cathedral
Location
Country	Poland
Metropolitan	Kraków
Statistics
Area	5,730 km2 (2,210 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2015) 1,563,841 1,563,841 (97.4%)
Information
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Katedra Wawelska (Wawel Cathedral of Sts. Stanislaus and Vaclav)
Patron saint	St. Stanislaus St. John Paul II
Metropolitan Archbishop	Marek Jędraszewski
Auxiliary Bishops	Jan Szkodoń, Damian Andrzej Muskus
Emeritus Bishops	Stanisław Dziwisz (Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus) Jan Zając (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus)

The Archdiocese of Kraków (Latin: Cracovien(sis), Polish: Archidiecezja krakowska) is an archdiocese located in the city of Kraków in Poland. As of 2013 weekly mass attendance was 51.3% of the population (fourth highest in Poland after the dioceses of: Tarnów-69.0%, Rzeszów-64.1% and Przemyśl-58.8%).

History

• 1000: Established as Diocese of Kraków from the Diocese of Poznań
  


• October 28, 1925: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków

Special churches

Wawel Bazylika

• Minor Basilicas:
  
  
  
  • Basilica of the Body and Blood of Christ, Kazimierz
    
  
  
  • Bazylika Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa, Kraków
  
  
  • Bazylika Nawiedzenia NMP, Kraków
  
  
  • Bazylika Ofiarowania Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wadowice
    
  
  
  • Bazylika św. Floriana, Kraków (Kleparz)
  
  
  • Bazylika św. Franciszka z Asyżu OO. Franciszkanów, Kraków
  
  
  • Bazylika Trójcy Świętej OO. Dominikanów, Kraków
  
  
  • Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny (Bazylika Mariacka), Kraków
  
  
  • Sanktuarium Pasyjno - Maryjne, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
    
  
  
  
  


• Minor & International Shrine:
  
  • Bazylika Bożego Miłosierdzia, Kraków-Łagiewniki
    
  
  

Leadership

• List of Roman Catholic bishops of Kraków

Suffragan dioceses

• Bielsko–Żywiec


• Kielce


• Tarnów

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland


• The Lesser Polish Way

Sources

• GCatholic.org


• Catholic Hierarchy


• Diocese website

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