Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Łódź

Roman Catholic archdiocese in Poland

Archdiocese of Łódź Archidioecesis Lodziensis Archidiecezja łódzka

Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus Kostka in Łódź
Location
Country	Poland
Statistics
Area	5,200 km² (2,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 1,410,000 1,330,000 (94.3%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10 December 1920 (As Diocese of Łódź) 25 March 1992 (As Archdiocese of Łódź)
Cathedral	Bazylika Archikatedralna pw. Świętego Stanisława Kostki (Cathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Grzegorz Ryś
Suffragans	Diocese of Łowicz
Auxiliary Bishops	Ireneusz Józef Pękalski Marek Marczak
Vicar General	Ireneusz Pękalski
Bishops emeritus	Władysław Ziółek
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Archdiocese of Łódź (Latin: Archidioecesis Lodziensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Łódź in Poland. The archdiocese covers the central area of Łódź Voivodeship. As of 2016 weekly mass attendance was 23.4% of the archdiocese's Catholic population, making it the second least devout diocese in Poland after the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień (22.7%).^[1]

History

December 10, 1920: Established as Diocese of Łódź
March 25, 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Łódź

Leadership

Bishops

Vincenzo Tymieniecki (1921.04.11 – 1934.08.10)
Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński (1934.11.30 – 1946.12.12)
Michał Klepacz (1946.12.20 – 1967.01.29)
Józef Rozwadowski (1968.10.29 – 1986.01.24)
Władysław Ziółek (1986.01.24 – 1992.03.25)

Archbishops

Władysław Ziółek (1992.03.25 – 2012.07.11)
Marek Jędraszewski (2012.07.11 – 2017.01.27)
Grzegorz Ryś (2017.09.14 – present)

Suffragan dioceses

Łowicz

References

^ Sadłoń, Wojciech, ed. (2018). Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae in Polonia AD 2018 (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Statystyki Kościoła Katolickiego. p. 34.