Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia {Górny Sląsk} | |||
17 December 1922 | Erected | Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau) | Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia {Górny Sląsk} (erected) |
Diocese of Katowice | |||
28 October 1925 | Elevated | Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia {Górny Sląsk} | Diocese of Katowice |
25 March 1992 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Katowice (Bielsko-Centrum, Bielsko-Zachód, Cieszyn, Czechowice, Istebna, Skoczów, Strumień, and Wisła)
Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow} (Andrychów, Biała, Kety, Oświęcim, Żywiec I, and Żywiec II) | Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec (erected) |
25 March 1992 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Częstochowa (Nowe Chechło, Świerklaniec, Orzech, Sucha Góra (of Piekary), Herby Polskie)
Diocese of Katowice (Lubliniec, Sadów, Tarnowskie Góry Centrum, Tarnowskie Góry Zachód, and Woźniki) Diocese of Opole (Bytom, Bytom-Miechowice, Gliwice, Gliwice Łabędy, Kuźnia Raciborska (except Racibórz-Markowice), Pyskowice, Zabrze, Zabrze-Mikulczyce, and part of Toszek; Bojszów, Pławniowice, Poniszowice, Rudno, and Taciszów (from Ujazd); Koty, ...) | Diocese of Gliwice (erected) |
Archdiocese of Katowice | |||
25 March 1992 | Elevated | Diocese of Katowice | Archdiocese of Katowice |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Diocese of Katowice | ||||||||||||
1950 | 1,260,000 | 1,282,000 | 98.3% | 459 | 47 | 506 | 2,490 | 62 | 1,806 | 233 | ap1951 | |
1970 | 1,600,000 | 1,700,000 | 94.1% | 719 | 139 | 858 | 1,864 | 186 | 1,753 | 261 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 2,036,000 | 2,200,000 | 92.5% | 803 | 116 | 919 | 2,215 | 222 | 1,499 | 348 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 2,260,934 | 2,373,374 | 95.3% | 979 | 157 | 1,136 | 1,990 | 292 | 1,390 | 425 | ap1991 | |
Archdiocese of Katowice | ||||||||||||
1999 | 1,700,000 | 1,750,000 | 97.1% | 882 | 126 | 1,008 | 1,686 | 213 | 922 | 310 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 1,650,000 | 1,700,000 | 97.1% | 894 | 124 | 1,018 | 1,620 | 202 | 914 | 311 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 1,650,000 | 1,700,000 | 97.1% | 908 | 127 | 1,035 | 1,594 | 222 | 887 | 312 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 1,735,000 | 1,785,000 | 97.2% | 920 | 133 | 1,053 | 1,647 | 212 | 977 | 313 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 1,670,000 | 1,719,000 | 97.1% | 922 | 130 | 1,052 | 1,587 | 203 | 883 | 313 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 1,660,000 | 1,712,000 | 97.0% | 930 | 131 | 1,061 | 1,564 | 199 | 879 | 313 | ap2005 | |
2006 | 1,640,000 | 1,685,000 | 97.3% | 946 | 125 | 1,071 | 1,531 | 180 | 843 | 314 | ap2007 | |
2013 | 1,477,900 | 1,520,900 | 97.2% | 976 | 129 | 1,105 | 1,337 | 194 | 819 | 319 | ap2014 | |
2016 | 1,443,000 | 1,486,000 | 97.1% | 966 | 126 | 1,092 | 1,321 | 3 | 199 | 870 | 321 | ap2017 |
2019 | 1,390,000 | 1,461,000 | 95.1% | 959 | 107 | 1,066 | 1,303 | 5 | 174 | 870 | 322 | ap2020 |
2021 | 1,390,000 | 1,461,000 | 95.1% | 938 | 128 | 1,066 | 1,303 | 5 | 193 | 830 | 322 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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