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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków ( Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Cracovien (sis), Polish: Archidiecezja Krakowska) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Kraków in Poland.
The archbishop of Kraków is the head of the archdiocese of Kraków. A bishop of Kraków first came into existence when the diocese was created in 1000; it was promoted to an archdiocese on 28 October 1925.
#YearsName792017–782005–2016771978–2005761964–1978A Krakkói főegyházmegye a római katolikus egyház egyik főegyházmegyéje Lengyelország ban. Az érseki széke Krakkóban van. 2013-as heti látogatottsága a lakosság számához képest 51,3%-os volt (a negyedik legmagasabb Lengyelországban, a Tarnówi (69,0%), Rzeszówi (64,1%) és a Przemyśli (58,8%) egyházmegyék után).
The Archdiocesan Museum in Krakow is the house where Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) as a young priest, then bishop and finally cardinal lived for 17 years, between 1951 and 1967.
- Early Life
- Priestly Ministry
- Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków
- Archbishop of Łódź
- Cardinal
Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś was born on 9 February 1964 in Krakow. In 1982–1988, he studied at the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of History of the Church of the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Krakow, as well as at the Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Krakow. He was ordained a priest on 22 May 1988 in the Wawel Cathedral by Cardinal Francisze...
From 1988 to 1989, Ryś worked as a vicar in the parish of Saints Margaret and Catherine in Kęty. From 2004 to 2007, he was the director of the Archives of the Metropolitan Chapter in Krakow.He was also a commentator on the pilgrimages of John Paul II on Polish Television and Polish Radio. After the latter's death, Ryś co-organized vigils, while dur...
On 16 July 2011, Ryś was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kraków as well as the titular bishop of Arcavica. He was ordained on 28 September 2011 in the Wawel Cathedral, with the consecrator being Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, metropolitan archbishop of Kraków, and co-consecrators cardinals Franciszek Macharski,...
On 14 September 2017 Pope Francis appointed Ryś archbishop of Łódź. He was installed as archbishop in the Archcathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka on 4 November 2017. On 29 June 2018 was given his pallium in a ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, and it was imposed on him on 5 October 2018 in the Łódź cathedral by Archbishop Salvatore P...
On 9 July 2023, Pope Francis announced that he planned to make Ryś a cardinal. At a consistory on September 30 2023, Ryś was made cardinal priest of Santi Cirillo e Metodio.
Population: 1,539,957 Catholics (95.7% of 1,609,783 total) Pastoral Centres: 448 parishes, 13 missions. Personnel: 2,016 priests (1,114 diocesan, 902 religious), 1 deacon, 3,655 religious (1,393 brothers, 2,262 sisters), 45 seminarians.
May 14, 2020 · Historical Details. Diocese of Kraków. Latin Name: Cracoviensis. Erected: 1000. Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gniezno. Country: Poland. Past and Present Ordinaries. Aron † ( 1046 Appointed - 15 May 1059 Died) Stanisław Szczepanowski † ( 1072 Appointed - 11 Apr 1079 Died) Lambert † ( 1082 Elected - 1101 Died)
